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A Clinical Trial of the Effects of Dietary Patterns on Blood Pressure by Lawrence J. Appel; Thomas J. Moore; Eva Obarzanek; William M. Vollmer; Laura P. Svetkey; Frank M. Sacks; George A. Bray; Thomas M. Vogt; Jeffrey A. Cutler; Marlene M. Windhauser; Pao-Hwa Lin; Njeri Karanja; Denise Simons-Morton; Marjorie McCullough; Janis Swain; Priscilla Steele; Marguerite A. Evans; Edgar R. Miller; David W. Harsha is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
## Background: It is known that obesity, sodium intake, and alcohol consumption factors influence blood pressure. in this clinical trial, dietary approaches to stop hypertension, we assessed the effects of dietary patterns on blood pressure. ## Methods: We enrolled 459 adults with systolic blood pressures of less than 160 mm hg and diastolic blood pressures of 80 to 95 mm hg. for three weeks, the subjects were fed a control diet that was low in fruits, vegetables, and dairy products, with a fat content typical of the average diet in the united states. they were then randomly assigned to receive for eight weeks the control diet, a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, or a "combination" diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products and with reduced saturated and total fat. sodium intake and body weight were maintained at constant levels. ## Results: At base line, the mean (+/-sd) systolic and diastolic blood pressures were 131.3+/-10.8 mm hg and 84.7+/-4.7 mm hg, respectively. the combination diet reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure by 5.5 and 3.0 mm hg more, respectively, than the control diet (p<0.001 for each); the fruits-and-vegetables diet reduced systolic
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- Author
- Lawrence J. Appel; Thomas J. Moore; Eva Obarzanek; William M. Vollmer; Laura P. Svetkey; Frank M. Sacks; George A. Bray; Thomas M. Vogt; Jeffrey A. Cutler; Marlene M. Windhauser; Pao-Hwa Lin; Njeri Karanja; Denise Simons-Morton; Marjorie McCullough; Janis Swain; Priscilla Steele; Marguerite A. Evans; Edgar R. Miller; David W. Harsha
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)