Effects of increased consumption of leaf and stalk vegetables and beetroot on cardiovascular function: VegBP project

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Topic: Primary Care Research Network for England, Cardiovascular, Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes; Subtopic: Not Assigned, Cardiovascular (all Subtopics), Generic Health Relevance (all Subtopics); Disease: Cardiovascular, All Diseases, Public Health Research; Circulatory System; Cardiovascular function

• Registration Number: ISRCTN03012467
• Lead Sponsor: ewcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-10-27
• Last Update Posted: 30 October 2017

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 225

Inclusion Criteria

1. Male or female subjects aged 40 - 75 years
2. Systolic blood pressure in the range 130 - 150 mmHg

Exclusion Criteria

1. Body mass index (BMI) greater than 30 kg/m2
2. Habitual consumption of green leafy vegetables higher than the population mean (= exclusion of the highest quartile, since the distribution of intake is highly skewed)
3. Recent or current serious disease (cancer, cardiovascular disease [CVD], etc.)
4. History of persistent gastric reflux or H. pylori infection
5. Allergies or intolerances to intervention foods
6. Planning to change dietary habits, increase physical activity, change body weight or move away from the study locality during the time of the study
7. Smokers
8. Taking antihypertensives for elevated blood pressure
9. Taking prescribed nitrates for angina or heart failure
10. Taking statins
11. History of substance abuse or alcoholism

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified