Journal
NUTRIENTS
Volume 11, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu11071687
Keywords
hypertension; epidemiology; lifestyle; nutrition
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- Ministere de la Sante (DGS)
- Institut de Veille Sanitaire (InVS)
- Institut National de la Prevention et de l'Education pour la Sante (INPES)
- Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale (FRM)
- Institut de Recherche en Sante Publique (IRESP)
- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
- Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers (CNAM)
- Universite Paris 13
- Fondation coeurs et Arteres (FCA)
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Background: Healthy lifestyle factors are widely recommended for hypertension prevention and control. Nevertheless, little is known about their combined impact on hypertension, in the general population. Our aim was to compute a Healthy Lifestyle Index (HLI) comprising the main non-pharmacological measures usually recommended to improve hypertension prevention: normal weight, regular physical activity, limited alcohol consumption, adoption of a healthy diet; to evaluate their combined impact on hypertension incidence. Methods: We prospectively followed the incidence of hypertension among 80,426 French adults participating in the NutriNet-Sante cohort study. Self-reported dietary, socio-demographic, lifestyle and health data were assessed at baseline and yearly using a dedicated website; the association between HLI and hypertension risk was assessed by multivariable Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for age, sex, family history of hypertension, socio-demographic and lifestyle factors. Hypothetical Population Attributable Risks associated to each factor were estimated. Results: During a median follow-up of 3.5 years (IQR: 1.5-5.3), 2413 incident cases of hypertension were identified. Compared with no or one healthy lifestyle factor, the hazard ratios (HR) for hypertension were 0.76 (95% CI, 0.67-0.85) for two factors, 0.47 (95% CI, 0.42-0.53) for three factors and 0.35 (95% CI, 0.30-0.41) for all healthy lifestyle factors (p-trend <0.0001). Compared with adhering to 0, 1, 2 or 3 healthy lifestyles, adhering to all of them was found associated with a reduction of the hypertension risk of half (HR = 0.55 (95% CI, 0.46-0.65)). Conclusion: Active promotion of healthy lifestyle factors at population level is a key leverage to fight the hypertension epidemic.
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