Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Stefano Vendrame, Tolu Esther Adekeye, Dorothy Klimis-Zacas
Summary: There is a relationship between the consumption of dietary berries and blood pressure reduction, with some specific types of berries indirectly normalizing blood pressure in subjects that are already hypertensive.
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Kazuomi Kario, Naoko Tomitani, Satoshi Hoshide, Masafumi Nishizawa, Tetsuro Yoshida, Tomoyuki Kabutoya, Takeshi Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Mizuno, Yukie Okawara, Hiroshi Kanegae, HI JAMP Study Grp
Summary: Home blood pressure control status defined using different thresholds can predict the control status of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure in treated hypertension. When home blood pressure is controlled to less than 125/75 mm Hg, ambulatory blood pressure is well controlled.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Terun Desai, Michael Roberts, Lindsay Bottoms
Summary: This study found that Montmorency tart cherry juice supplementation significantly improved cardiovascular metabolic health markers, including blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol levels, potentially preventing further deterioration of cardiovascular metabolic dysfunction in individuals with MetS.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Eline H. Groenland, Jean-Paul A. C. Vendeville, Remy H. H. Bemelmans, Houshang Monajemi, Michiel L. Bots, Frank L. J. Visseren, Wilko Spiering
Summary: This study evaluated the agreement between app-assisted home blood pressure monitoring and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and found significant disagreement between the two methods. App-assisted home blood pressure monitoring had high sensitivity in diagnosing sustained and masked hypertension, and can be used as a complement to 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Philipp Ockermann, Laura Headley, Rosario Lizio, Jan Hansmann
Summary: Anthocyanins, a subgroup of flavonoids found mostly in berries and fruits, have shown potential benefits in improving cardiovascular risk, type 2 diabetes, and myocardial infarct. Clinical studies have demonstrated their ability to decrease inflammation and oxidative stress, improve vascular function, and have a positive effect on hyperlipidemia. Additionally, anthocyanins may also have an impact on glucose homeostasis and cognitive decline.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Zhiyan Wang, Xin Du, Chang Hua, Wenjie Li, Hao Zhang, Xinru Liu, Yufeng Wang, Chao Jiang, Jiakun Guo, Qiang Lv, Craig S. S. Anderson, Jianzeng Dong, Changsheng Ma
Summary: Frailty is associated with increased risk of death and cardiovascular events, but it is unclear whether frailty modifies the effectiveness and safety of intensive blood pressure control. Using data from the SPRINT trial, a frailty index was constructed. It was found that patients with frailty had a higher cardiovascular risk, but no significant difference in treatment effects or adverse events with intensive blood pressure control.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hongkun Xue, Yumei Sang, Yuchao Gao, Yuan Zeng, Jianqing Liao, Jiaqi Tan
Summary: Berries are rich in anthocyanins, vitamins, fiber, polyphenols, essential amino acids, and other ingredients, making them highly nutritious and medicinal. Anthocyanins, the bioactive components in berries, exhibit various biological activities such as vision protection, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, inhibition of lipid peroxidation, anti-cardiovascular disease effects, control of hypoglycemic conditions, etc. Therefore, it is necessary to systematically review the research progress and future prospects of anthocyanins to enhance understanding of their absorption, metabolism, and biological activities.
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Tetzi Oliveira Brandao, Eduardo Carvalho de Arruda Veiga, Rozeli Ferreira Levy, Enio Luis Damaso, Valeria Cristina Sandrim, Ricardo Carvalho Cavalli
Summary: This study found that ethnicity, self-reported hypertension, and gestational hypertension are associated with arterial hypertension measured by ABPM.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Victoria Mazoteras-Pardo, Sagrario Gomez-Cantarino, Miguel Ramirez-Jimenez, Emmanuel Navarro-Flores, Maria Idoia Ugarte-Gurrutxaga
Summary: Preventing, diagnosing, and controlling high blood pressure is a global health priority. However, most blood pressure measuring devices are not validated by recognized protocols. This study aimed to identify the devices that have been adequately validated and found that most validations follow the 2010 European Society of Hypertension (ESH) revision, with only a few following the more demanding 2018 protocol. The universal AAMI/ESH/ISO standard is considered the protocol of the century, but there is a need for more validations, especially for the new technologies in the market.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Mingtao Zhu, Jun Yu, Yanshuai Xu, Guoshun Yang
Summary: Girdling treatment can promote anthocyanin and soluble sugar accumulation in spine grape berries by regulating the transcription levels of related genes, thereby improving fruit quality.
JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
(2022)
Article
Horticulture
Hui Li, Yibo Bai, Yaxin Yang, Huan Zheng, Xianbin Xu, Haoran Li, Wu Wang, Jianmin Tao
Summary: Teinturier grapevine cultivars, characterized by red pulp berries, showed inhibited anthocyanin accumulation under bagging treatment, while rapid accumulation of malvidin, cyanidin, and delphinidin derivatives was observed after exposure to light. Transcriptomic analysis revealed that genes associated with light-responsive factors, transcription factors, and structural genes were significantly up-regulated under bag removal treatment. These findings provide insights into the molecular mechanism of light-induced anthocyanin biosynthesis in teinturier grapes.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2023)
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Corey K. Bradley, Eunhee Choi, Marwah Abdalla, Hiroyuki Mizuno, Michael Lam, Maria Cepeda, Dona Sangapalaarachchi, Justin Liu, Paul Muntner, Kazuomi Kario, Anthony J. Viera, Joseph E. Schwartz, Daichi Shimbo
Summary: For most people, high home blood pressure can be identified or ruled out with a high degree of confidence within 3 days or less of monitoring.
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Nelson Wang, Katie Harris, Mark Woodward, Stephen Harrap, Giuseppe Mancia, Neil Poulter, John Chalmers, Anthony Rodgers
Summary: The utility of short-term blood pressure changes in determining long-term treatment response was assessed in two randomized trials, and it was found that changes in blood pressure immediately after starting treatment did not significantly affect subsequent treatment response.
Review
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Antonio Vega-Galvez, Angela Rodriguez, Karina Stucken
Summary: Native South American berries, such as calafate, maqui, murta, arrayan, and chequen, contain a variety of bioactive compounds like anthocyanins, flavonoids, and phenolic acids with strong antioxidant effects and beneficial health effects. More research is needed to fully understand the potential beneficial effects of consuming these berries on human health and to further explore their bioactive properties.
JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Yanjun Ma, Rong Hua, Zhenchun Yang, Baoliang Zhong, Li Yan, Wuxiang Xie
Summary: A comparison of cognitive decline trajectories between individuals with borderline hypertension and normal blood pressure showed no significant difference in decline rate, while those with high blood pressure exhibited significantly faster cognitive decline. Individuals with borderline hypertension may not need to start antihypertensive therapy considering cognitive decline.
