Why the study?
Does short-term high-dose combination oral antioxidant supplementation reduce blood pressure in hypertensive and normotensive outpatients?
Population
40 outpatients
Comparison
Combination oral antioxidants for 8 weeks vs Placebo for 8 weeks
Design
RCT, Randomly assigned to receive either 8 weeks placebo followed by 2 weeks…
Follow-up
8 weeks per treatment phase
Authors
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Short-term antioxidant supplementation may lower SBP in treated hypertensives; extends RCT evidence for adjunctive BP reduction.
Does short-term high-dose combination oral antioxidant supplementation reduce blood pressure in hypertensive and normotensive outpatients?
Short-term high-dose combination oral antioxidant therapy reduces systolic blood pressure in outpatients, particularly those with treated hypertension.
Galley et al. (1997) studied this question.
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