TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Vitamin E on clinic and ambulatory blood pressure in treated hypertensive patients
AU - Palumbo, Gaetana
AU - Avanzini, Fausto
AU - Alli, Claudio
AU - Roncaglioni, Maria Carla
AU - Ronchi, Esio
AU - Cristofari, Mario
AU - Capra, Alberto
AU - Rossi, Susanna
AU - Nosotti, Lorenzo
AU - Costantini, Carlo
AU - Cavalera, Cesare
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - A randomized controlled open trial studied the effect of vitamin E supplementation (300 mg/day) on clinic and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (BP) in 142 treated hypertensive patients. After 12 weeks, clinic BP decreased whether or not patients were randomized to vitamin E. Ambulatory BP showed no change in systolic BP and a small decrease in diastolic BP (-1.6 mm Hg, 95% confidence intervals from -2.8 to -0.4 mm Hg), approaching statistical significance in comparison to the control group (P = .06). Vitamin E supplementation thus seems to have no clinically relevant effect on BP in hypertensive patients already under controlled treatment. (C) 2000 American Journal of Hypertension, Ltd.
AB - A randomized controlled open trial studied the effect of vitamin E supplementation (300 mg/day) on clinic and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (BP) in 142 treated hypertensive patients. After 12 weeks, clinic BP decreased whether or not patients were randomized to vitamin E. Ambulatory BP showed no change in systolic BP and a small decrease in diastolic BP (-1.6 mm Hg, 95% confidence intervals from -2.8 to -0.4 mm Hg), approaching statistical significance in comparison to the control group (P = .06). Vitamin E supplementation thus seems to have no clinically relevant effect on BP in hypertensive patients already under controlled treatment. (C) 2000 American Journal of Hypertension, Ltd.
KW - Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
KW - Blood pressure control
KW - Hypertension
KW - Vitamin E
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U2 - 10.1016/S0895-7061(00)00244-2
DO - 10.1016/S0895-7061(00)00244-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 10826412
AN - SCOPUS:0034125576
VL - 13
SP - 564
EP - 567
JO - American Journal of Hypertension
JF - American Journal of Hypertension
SN - 0895-7061
IS - 5 I
ER -