mmHg

British

abbreviation

millimetre(s) of mercury (a unit of pressure equal to the pressure that can support a column of mercury 1 millimetre high)

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A single blood pressure medication, which is still the standard way most treatments begin, typically lowers systolic BP by only 8-9 mmHg.

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Many patients, however, need drops of 15-30 mmHg to reach healthy targets.

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For example, these risk scores show that individuals with highest genetic risk have mean systolic blood pressure levels which are ~17 mmHg higher than those with lowest genetic risk, and a 7-fold increased risk of hypertension.

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When it comes to the effectiveness of the drug treatment, participants who took riociguat had their blood pressure drop by 8.20 mmHg, while those who took a placebo only saw a decrease of about 1.24 mmHg.

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The result was highly statistically significant, meaning riociguat was much more effective at lowering blood pressure compared to the placebo, with a difference of approximately 6.96 mmHg.

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