mm Hg
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Among 213 participants, systolic blood pressure was significantly lowered by 7 to 8 mm Hg when they ate the low-sodium diet compared with high-sodium diet, and by 6 mm Hg compared with their usual diet.
From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2023
For example, systolic blood pressure, or blood pressure during heartbeats, decreased more than 8 millimeters of mercury, or mm Hg, while diastolic blood pressure, or blood pressure between heartbeats, decreased nearly 5 mm Hg.
From Salon • Aug. 29, 2023
Adults requiring a large or extra-large cuff had 4.8 mm Hg and 19.5 mm Hg higher blood pressure readings from the regular cuff, respectively, than from their correct sizes.
From Washington Times • Aug. 8, 2023
The density of mercury is such that 1.0 mm Hg = 133 Pa .
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
The vapor pressure of 1,2-butylene oxide is only 207.0 mm Hg at 25� C. as opposed to 1,292.0 for ethylene oxide and 569.0 for propylene oxide.
From U.S. Patent 4,293,314: Gelled Fuel-Air Explosive October 6, 1981. by Stull, Bertram O.
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