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HTN: Abbreviations (2022-24)

HTN: Abbreviations (2022-24)

Acronyms in Systematic Review Examining the Effects of Medical Nutrition Therapy for Adults with
Pre-hypertension or Hypertension

Listed in alphabetical order

Term Defintion
 ADMA  Asymmetric dimethylarginine
 AND  Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
 BMI  Body mass index
 BP  Blood pressure
 CHD  Coronary heart disease
 CI  Confidence interval
 CVD  Cardiovascular disease
 DALY  Disability adjusted life years
 DASH  Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension
 DPB  Diastolic blood pressure
 FMD  Flow mediated dilation
 GRADE  Grading of recommendations, assessment, development and evaluation
 MD  Mean difference
 MNT  Medical nutrition therapy
 MSEP  Minor symptoms evaluation profile
 NCP  Nutrition Care Process
 PICO  Population, Intervention, Control, and Outcome
 PRISMA  Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses
 PWV  Pulse wave velocity
 QALY  Quality adjusted life years
 QoL  Quality of life
 RCT  Randomized controlled trial
 RoB2  Cochrane risk of bias tool for randomized trials version 2
 SPB  Systolic blood pressure
 SMD  Standardized mean difference
 US  United States