Increased potassium intake from fruit and vegetables or supplements does not lower blood pressure or improve vascular function in UK men and women with early hypertension: A randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1839-1847

  Berry, Sarah E ^a   Mulla, Umme Z ^a   Chowienczyk, Philip J ^b   Sanders, Thomas A B ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Blood pressure; Endothelial function; Fruit and vegetables; Isoprostanes; Potassium

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CITRATE POTASSIUM; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; ISOPROSTANE; LIPID; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; POTASSIUM INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SODIUM EXCRETION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FRUIT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650015816     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510002904     Document Type: Article

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