{"id":9610,"date":"2026-02-28T21:44:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=9610"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:44:31","slug":"by-approximately-how-much-does-systolic-blood-pressure-decrease-for-every-two-points-of-bmi-reduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/by-approximately-how-much-does-systolic-blood-pressure-decrease-for-every-two-points-of-bmi-reduction\/","title":{"rendered":"By approximately how much does systolic blood pressure decrease for every two points of BMI reduction?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By approximately how much does systolic blood pressure decrease for every two points of BMI reduction?<\/p>\n<p>A-2 mm Hg<br \/>\nB-6 mm Hg<br \/>\nC-8 mm Hg<br \/>\nD-10 mm Hg<br \/>\nSUBMIT &amp; PROCEED<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Correct Answer is B : About 5\u20136 mm Hg systolic and 3 mm Hg diastolic.<br \/>\nA mean BMI reduction of ~2.3 is associated with a ~5.8 mm Hg drop in SBP.<\/p>\n<p>2\ufe0f\u20e3 Dose\u2013Response Relationship<\/p>\n<p>Q: How does weight gain affect the risk of developing hypertension?<br \/>\nA: The risk of hypertension increases by approximately 20\u201330% for every 5% increase in body weight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By approximately how much does systolic blood pressure decrease for every two points of BMI reduction? A-2 mm Hg B-6 mm Hg C-8 mm Hg D-10 mm Hg SUBMIT &amp; PROCEED &nbsp; &nbsp; Correct Answer is B : About 5\u20136 mm Hg systolic and 3 mm Hg diastolic. A mean BMI reduction of ~2.3 is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9611,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9610\/revisions\/9611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}