What does D stand for?

Diastolic (blood pressure)

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The research, published in the current issue of Neurology, showed that people with high diastolic blood pressure (thatAAEs the bottom number in a blood pressure reading) were more likely to have problems with memory and thinking skills compared with people who had normal diastolic readings.

High blood pressure may cause memory problems, study says

In the study, scientists found that people with high diastolic blood pressure, which is the bottom number of a blood pressure reading, were more likely to have cognitive impairment, or problems with their memory and thinking skills, than people with normal diastolic readings.

Study links high BP to memory problems in middle age

Results: The results revealed a significant decrease in systolic (more than 10 mmHg) and diastolic (more than 5 mmHg) blood pressure after 6 weeks of tomato extract supplementation.

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Higher daily doses were associated with higher cholesterol levels; longer treatment duration was associated with worse levels of high-density lipoprotein; higher plasma clozapine levels were related to higher diastolic and systolic blood pressure; and a higher plasma level of N-desmethyl-clozapine was associated with higher diastolic blood pressure.

Metabolic syndrome common with clozapine

Systolic is the higher and diastolic is the lower number.

What Do the Numbers in A Blood Pressure Reading Mean?

Blood pressure is measured by two different numbers - diastolic blood pressure is the pressure (measured in milligrams of mercury) between beats of your heart, and systolic blood pressure is the amount of pressure put on your arteries when your heart is contracted, forcing blood through the system.

Blood Pressure Charts - All You Need to Know About Blood Pressure ...

The second number is the diastolic pressure and is the lowest pressure of blood when the heart is relaxed.

BLOOD PRESSURE; Family casebook

This will cause vasoconstriction and result in a rise in the diastolic pressure causing a narrowed pulse pressure.

A narrow pulse pressure