Dietary factors associated with hypertension

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 456-465

  Zhao, Dong ^a   Qi, Yue ^a   Zheng, Zheng ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Zhang, Xiu Ying ^a   Li, Hong Juan ^a   Liu, Hai Hang ^a   Zhang, Xiao Ting ^a   Du, Jie ^a   Liu, Jing ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMINO ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; FOLIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LEAD; LINOLENIC ACID; LYCOPENE; MAGNESIUM; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; PYRIDOXINE; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SELENIUM; SODIUM; UBIDECARENONE; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

BAD TASTE; BELCHING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CACAO; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COCHRANE LIBRARY; COFFEE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CZECH REPUBLIC; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIARRHEA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FINLAND; FISHY TASTE; FRUIT; GARLIC; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HIGH SODIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW FAT DIET; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SOUTH KOREA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASTE DISORDER; TEA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NUTRITION POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79960962627     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2011.75     Document Type: Review

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