Diets containing pistachios reduce systolic blood pressure and peripheral vascular responses to stress in adults with dyslipidemia

Hypertension

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-63

  West, Sheila G ^a,b   Gebauer, Sarah K ^b,c   Kay, Colin D ^a,b,d   Bagshaw, Deborah M ^b   Savastano, David M ^a,e   Diefenbach, Christopher ^a,f   Kris Etherton, Penny M ^b  

^a 315 Health and Human Development Building East ^*  (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Diet; Endothelium; Nuts; Pistachios; Stress; Total peripheral resistance

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; PISTACHIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET RESTRICTION; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART OUTPUT; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PISTACIA;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FASTING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PISTACIA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84865805334     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.182147     Document Type: Article

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