Cocoa, hazelnuts, sterols and soluble fiber cream reduces lipids and inflammation biomarkers in hypertensive patients: A randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Solà, Rosa ^a   Valls, Rosa M ^a   Godàs, Gemma ^a   Perez Busquets, Gloria ^a   Ribalta, Josep ^a   Girona, Josefa ^a   Heras, Mercedes ^a   Cabré, Anna ^a   Castro, Antoni ^a   Domenech, Gema ^b   Torres, Ferran ^b   Masana, Lluís ^a   Anglés, Neus ^c   Reguant, Jordi ^c   Ramírez, Bartolomé ^c   Barriach, Joaquim M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c La Morella Nuts ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; APOLIPOPROTEIN B100; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PHYTOSTEROL; STEROL; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY FIBER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HAZELNUT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREHYPERTENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLE SIZE;

CORYLUS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORYLUS; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; STEROLS;

EID: 84857522427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031103     Document Type: Article

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