Plasma ascorbic acid concentrations relate inversely to blood pressure in human subjects1-3

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 213-217

  Moran, John P ^a   Cohen, Leslie ^a   Greene, Jane M ^a   Xu, Guifa ^a   Feldman, Elaine B ^a   Hames, Curtis G ^a   Feldman, Daniel S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Ascorbic acid; Blood pressure; Retinol; Selenium; Smokers; Taurine; Vitamin C; WBC ascorbic acid; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TAURINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL CHOLESTEROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYSTOLE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0027395810     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/57.2.213     Document Type: Article

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