Effect of tea on blood pressure for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 236-246

  Yarmolinsky, James ^a,b   Gon, Giorgia ^a   Edwards, Phil ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Hypertension; Randomized control trials; Tea

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; TEA;

ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREHYPERTENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SECONDARY PREVENTION; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEA; WEB OF SCIENCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPERTENSION; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TEA;

EID: 84946496748     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuv001     Document Type: Article

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