Impact of daily strawberry consumption on blood pressure and arterial stiffness in pre- and stage 1-hypertensive postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 4139-4149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafaela G. Feresin ◽  
Sarah A. Johnson ◽  
Shirin Pourafshar ◽  
Jeremiah C. Campbell ◽  
Salvador J. Jaime ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Arterial Stiffness ◽  
Postmenopausal Women ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Stage 1 ◽  
Improve Health

Strawberries may improve health of hypertensive postmenopausal women.

scholarly journals Impact of Intensive Lifestyle Treatment (Diet Plus Exercise) on Endothelial and Vascular Function, Arterial Stiffness and Blood Pressure in Stage 1 Hypertension: Results of the HINTreat Randomized Controlled Trial

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasios Vamvakis ◽  
Eugenia Gkaliagkousi ◽  
Antonios Lazaridis ◽  
Maria G. Grammatikopoulou ◽  
Areti Triantafyllou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Arterial Stiffness ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Stiffness Index ◽  
Dietary Analysis ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Lifestyle Treatment ◽  
Stage 1

Lifestyle modification is an important component of essential hypertension (EH) therapy. The aim of the Hypertension Intensive Nutrition Treatment (HINTreat) parallel, randomized controlled trial was to examine the effect of a 6-month intensive lifestyle treatment (ILT) (diet plus exercise with monthly visits) compared to the usual care. A total of 76 adults with stage 1 EH were randomized (38 in each group). Dietary analysis, anthropometry, physical activity, biochemical and urine profile, blood pressure (BP), asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), central hemodynamics, β-stiffness index and carotid intima media-thickness were evaluated. The dietary inflammatory index (DII) was calculated for each participant from the intake of 29 nutrients/food components. At the end of the trial, participants in the ILT group reduced their 24h urinary Na excretion (p ≤ 0.001), daytime systolic BP (p ≤ 0.048) and mean carotid β-stiffness index (p ≤ 0.005) and ameliorated their lipidemic profile compared to the standard care. Univariate analysis for the total sample showed a strong association between DII and ADMA levels (β = 0.089, p ≤ 0.01). ILT is effective in improving the inflammatory components of the diet and selected cardiometabolic parameters, including arterial stiffness.

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