Black tea lowers the rate of blood pressure variation: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 943-950

  Hodgson, Jonathan M ^a   Croft, Kevin D ^a   Woodman, Richard J ^b   Puddey, Ian B ^a   Fuchs, Dagmar ^c   Draijer, Richard ^c   Lukoshkova, Elena ^d   Head, Geoffrey A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL CARDIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARALLEL DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEA;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BODY WEIGHT; CAFFEINE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 84876938978     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.051375     Document Type: Article

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