Evaluation of blood pressure lowering effects of cocoa flavanols in diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Evaluation of blood pressure lowering effects of cocoa flavanols in diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis

In healthy people, cocoa-derived flavanols (CF) improve blood pressure (BP). This meta-analysis investigates whether CF also affect BP in diabetic patients. PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase were consulted to retrieve eligible randomized controlled trials. A random-effects model and the Grades of R...

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Main Authors: Anouk Tanghe, Elsa Heyman, Karsten Vanden Wyngaert, Ans Van Ginckel, Bert Celie, Ernst Rietzschel, Patrick Calders, Samyah Shadid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
Subjects:
Diabetes Mellitus
Flavanols
Cocoa
Blood pressure
Meta-analysis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464621000487

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