Key result
Ascorbic acid treatment lowers blood pressure in hypertensive patients compared to placebo.
Why the study?
Does ascorbic acid lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients?
Does ascorbic acid lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients?
Ascorbic acid lowers blood pressure in hypertensive patients, though further studies are needed to evaluate its effect on hard clinical endpoints.
Supports adjunctive use in hypertension; confirms randomized BP reduction but leaves open effects on clinical outcomes.
In a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study we showed that treatment of hypertensive patients with ascorbic acid lowers blood pressure. Further studies of ascorbic acid to treat hypertension, with clinical endpoints, are warranted.
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Duffy et al. (1999) studied this question. Ascorbic acid treatment lowers blood pressure in hypertensive patients compared to placebo.
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