Impact of dairy consumption on essential hypertension: a clinical study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several studies have presented evidence suggesting that dairy consumption has beneficial effects on blood pressure (BP) in healthy subjects; however, only a few studies have examined this possibility in patients with established essential hypertension using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. The objective of this study was to investigate how consuming dairy products impacts mean daytime systolic and diastolic BP in men and women with mild to moderate essential hypertension.

Methods

Eighty-nine men and women with systolic BP ≥ 135 mm Hg and ≤ 160 mm Hg and diastolic BP ≤ 110 mm Hg were enrolled in this single-blind, randomized, cross-over, controlled study. Participants had to incorporate three daily servings of dairy products or control products equivalent in m

SUBMITTER: Drouin-Chartier JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4138376 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature