Association of raw fruit and fruit juice consumption with blood pressure: the INTERMAP Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Epidemiologic evidence suggests that fruit consumption may lower the risk of cardiovascular diseases through blood pressure (BP)-lowering effects; little is known on the independent effect of raw fruit and fruit juice on BP.

Objective

The objective was to quantify associations of raw fruit and fruit juice consumption with BP by using cross-sectional data from the INTERnational study on MAcro/micronutrients and blood Pressure (INTERMAP) of 4680 men and women aged 40-59 y from Japan, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Design

During 4 visits, 8 BP, four 24-h dietary recalls, and two 24-h urine samples were collected. Country-specific multivariate-controlled linear regression coefficients, including adjustment for urinary sodium excretion, were e

SUBMITTER: Oude Griep LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3628377 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature