Adherence to healthy lifestyle and risk of cardiometabolic diseases in individuals with hypertension

JAMA Network Open

2026-03-17

(Press-News.org) About The Study: In this cohort study of individuals living with hypertension, maintaining a healthy lifestyle was associated with lower risk of major cardiometabolic diseases independent of antihypertensive medication use, underscoring the value of adopting multiple healthy lifestyle behaviors. A healthy lifestyle was defined as eating a high-quality diet, not smoking, engaging in moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity, no more than moderate alcohol consumption, and having a healthy body mass index.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Qi Sun, MD, ScD, email qisun@hsph.harvard.edu.

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