The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet lowered systolic blood pressure in stage-1 isolated systolic hypertension.

M a i n r e s u l t s Analysis was by intention to treat. SBP was lower in patients assigned to the DASH diet than in those assigned to the control diet (P < 0.001) or those assigned to the fruitsand-vegetables diet (P < 0.01) (Table). In the DASH diet group, more patients reduced their SBP to < 140 mm Hg than did those in the control group (Table). The difference in SBP reduction was of borderline significance between the DASH diet group and the fruits-and-vegetables group (P = 0.07) (Table).