Higher anthocyanin intake is associated with lower arterial stiffness and central blood pressure in women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 781-788

  Jennings, Amy ^a   Welch, Ailsa A ^a   Fairweather Tait, Sue J ^a   Kay, Colin ^a   Minihane, Anne Marie ^a   Chowienczyk, Phil ^b   Jiang, Benyu ^b   Cecelja, Marina ^b   Spector, Tim ^b   Macgregor, Alex ^a   Cassidy, Aedín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; APIGENIN; CATECHIN; CYANIDIN CHLORIDE; DELPHINIDIN; EPICATECHIN; ERIODICTYOL; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; HESPERETIN; ISOHAMNETIN; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN; MALVIDIN CHLORIDE; MYRICETIN; NARINGENIN; PELARGONIDIN; PEONIDIN; PETUNIDIN CHLORIDE; PROANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; THEAFLAVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BERRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULSE WAVE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONOMETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHOCYANINS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTRIES; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866607468     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.042036     Document Type: Article

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