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 |