Does chocolate reduce blood pressure? A meta-analysis

BMC Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ried, Karin ^a   Sullivan, Thomas ^a   Fakler, Peter ^a   Frank, Oliver R ^a   Stocks, Nigel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CACAO; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT;

FLAVAN 3 OL; FLAVAN-3-OL; FLAVONOID;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CACAO; DIET; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77953946707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-8-39     Document Type: Article

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