Adherence to Healthy Lifestyle and Risk of Cardiometabolic Diseases in Individuals With Hypertension

Is long-term adherence to or improvement in a healthy lifestyle associated with cardiometabolic disease risk among individuals with hypertension?In a cohort study of 25 820 health professionals with incident hypertension, individuals with a higher healthy lifestyle score (HLS) after diagnosis had a substantially lower risk of cardiometabolic diseases. Increases in HLS from before to after diagnosis were associated with a lower cardiometabolic disease risk, whereas declines in HLS were associated with a higher risk.These findings support lifestyle modification as an essential component of hypertension management.

Corresponding Author: Qi Sun, MD, ScD, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 (qisun@hsph.harvard.edu).

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