Daily blueberry consumption improves blood pressure and arterial stiffness in postmenopausal women with pre- and stage 1-hypertension: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 369-377

  Johnson, Sarah A ^a   Figueroa, Arturo ^a   Navaei, Negin ^a   Wong, Alexei ^a,b   Kalfon, Roy ^a,c   Ormsbee, Lauren T ^a   Feresin, Rafaela G ^a   Elam, Marcus L ^a   Hooshmand, Shirin ^d   Payton, Mark E ^e   Arjmandi, Bahram H ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blueberries; Flavonoids; Nitric oxide; Pulse wave velocity; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLUEBERRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLUEBERRY PLANT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FRUIT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84923317034     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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