Effects of blood orange juice consumption on vascular function in healthy overweight subjects of European origin

• Published in: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 2018, Vol.77 (OCE4), Article E211
• Main Authors: Li, L., Birch, K.M., Boesch, C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Anthropometry; Blood pressure; Body weight; C-reactive protein; Citrus fruits; Endothelin 1; Fruit juices; High density lipoprotein; Lipids; Low density lipoprotein; Oranges; Overweight; Sensitivity analysis
• ISSN: 0029-6651; 1475-2719
• DOI: 10.1017/S0029665118002173

Brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD), blood pressure, anthropometric measures, lipid profile, high-sensitivity C reactive protein (hsCRP), endothelin 1 (ET-1) were evaluated before and after each intervention. BOJ CD PRE POST PRE POST FMD ( %) 8·15 ± 0·75b 10·16 ± 0·86a 8·11 ± 0·65b 7·77 ± 0·63b ET-1 (pg/mL) 1·08 ± 0·06 1·05 ± 0·09 1·15 ± 0·07 1·09 ± 0·09 SBP (mmHg) 108·4 ± 11·5 108 ± 10·6 108·4 ± 11·3 107·9 ± 10·7 DBP (mmHg) 70·9 ± 7·5 69·2 ± 7·3 71·6 ± 8·6 69·5 ± 8·1 hsCRP (mg/L) 0·59 ± 0·29 0·58 ± 0·35 0·87 ± 0·82 1·14 ± 1·47 Chol (mmol/L) 4·63 ± 0·6 4·68 ± 0·56 4·55 ± 0·57 4·54 ± 0·77 TG (mmol/L) 1·23 ± 0·77 1·28 ± 0·61 1·38 ± 0·68 1·28 ± 0·61 LDL-c (mmol/L) 2·62 ± 0·39 2·60 ± 0·23 2·39 ± 0·46 2·46 ± 0·46 HDL-c (mmol/L) 1·53 ± 0·49 1·57 ± 0·57 1·59 ± 0·57 1·50 ± 0·49 All values are means ± SEMs. Differences in outcomes after each treatment were analysed by using a linear mixed model for crossover trials, with age, BMI, baseline values as covariates, subjects nested within treatment sequence as the random effect, and sequence, gender, dietary treatment, time, the interaction between treatment and time as fixed effects.