A Clinical Trial of the Effects of Dietary Patterns on Blood Pressure

Lawrence J. Appel; Thomas J. Moore; Eva Obarzanek; William M. Vollmer; Laura P. Svetkey; Frank M. Sacks; George A. Bray; Thomas Vogt; Jeffrey A. Cutler; MARLENE M WINDHAUSER; Pao-Hwa Lin; Njeri Karanja; Denise G. Simons‐Morton; Marjorie L. McCullough; Janis Swain; Priscilla Steele; Marguerite A. Evans; Edgar R. Miller; David W. Harsha

doi:10.1056/nejm199704173361601

Abstract

A diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy foods and with reduced saturated and total fat can substantially lower blood pressure. This diet offers an additional nutritional approach to preventing and treating hypertension.

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Blood pressureMedicineDiastoleInternal medicineObesitySystoleAnimal scienceEndocrinologyCardiologyBiology

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Year: 1997
Type: article
Volume: 336
Issue: 16
Pages: 1117-1124
Citations: 5810
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                                    Lawrence J. Appel, 
                                
                                    Thomas J. Moore, 
                                
                                    Eva Obarzanek
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1997). 
                            A Clinical Trial of the Effects of Dietary Patterns on Blood Pressure. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 336
                            (16)
                            , 1117-1124.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199704173361601
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm199704173361601