@article {Obarzanek:2007:1087-3244:545,
	author = "Obarzanek, Eva and Vollmer, William M. and Lin, Pao-Hwa and Cooper, Lawton S. and Young, Deborah R. and Ard, Jamy D. and Stevens, Victor J. and Simons-Morton, Denise G. and Svetkey, Laura P. and Harsha, David W. and Elmer, Patricia J. and Appel, Lawrence J.",
	title = "Effects of Individual Components of Multiple Behavior Changes: The PREMIER Trial",
	journal = "American Journal of Health Behavior",
	volume = "31",
	number = "5",
	year = "2007",
	abstract = "<B><I>Objectives</I></B>: To assess contributions of individual lifestyle changes on systolic blood pressure (SBP) changes.<P></P><B><I>Methods</I></B>: We examined associations between lifestyle behavior changes and SBP after 6 and 18 months in 782 PREMIER trial participants.<P></P><B><I>Results</I></B>: In multivariate models omitting weight, predicted SBP reductions ranged from <SUP>1</SUP>/2 to 1<SUP>1</SUP>/2 mm Hg for reduced urinary sodium, improved fitness, and adherence to the DASH diet (except sodium at 18 months). With weight included, only fitness change additionally predicted SBP at 18 months.<P></P><B><I>Conclusions</I></B>: Several lifestyle behavior changes are important for BP lowering, but are difficult to detect when weight is included in multivariate models.",
	pages = "545-560",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/png/ajhb/2007/00000031/00000005/art00010",
	doi = "doi:10.5993/AJHB.31.5.10",
	keyword = "blood pressure, nutrition, physical activity, fitness, lifestyle"
}