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The control of hypertension by use of coconut water and mauby: two tropical food drinks / El Control de la Hipertensión Mediante el uso del Agua de Coco y el Mauby: Dos Bedidas Tropicales Naturales
Alleyne, T; Roache, S; Thomas, C; Shirley, A.
Afiliação
  • Alleyne, T; University of the West Indies. Faculty of Medical Sciences. Department of Preclinical Sciences.
  • Roache, S; University of the West Indies. Faculty of Medical Sciences. Department of Preclinical Sciences.
  • Thomas, C; University of the West Indies. Faculty of Medical Sciences. Department of Preclinical Sciences.
  • Shirley, A; University of the West Indies. Faculty of Medical Sciences. Department of Preclinical Sciences.
West Indian med. j ; West Indian med. j;54(1): 3-8, Jan. 2005.
Article em En | LILACS | ID: lil-410083
Biblioteca responsável: BR1.1
ABSTRACT
In this study, the authors investigated the effect of regular consumption of two tropical food drinks, coconut (Cocos nucifera) water and mauby (Colubrina arborescens), on the control of hypertension. Twenty-eight hypertensive subjects were assigned to four equal groups and their systolic and diastolic blood pressures recorded for two weeks before and then for another two weeks while receiving one of four interventions. One group (the control) received bottled drinking water, the second group received coconut water, the third received mauby and the fourth group, a mixture of coconut water and mauby. Significant decreases in the mean systolic blood pressure were observed for 71, 40 and 43 respectively of the groups receiving the coconut water, mauby and the mixture (p < or = 0.05). For these groups, the respective proportions showing significant decreases in the mean diastolic pressure were 29, 40 and 57. For the group receiving the mixture, the largest decreases in mean systolic and mean diastolic pressure were 24 mmHg and 15 mmHg respectively; these were approximately double the largest values seen with the single

interventions:

RESUMEN
En el presente estudio, los autores investigaron el efecto del consume regular de dos bebidas tropicales naturales el agua de coco (Cocos nucifera) y el mauby (Colubrina arborescens) sobre el control de la hipertensión. A veintiocho sujetos hipertensos asignados a cuatro grupos iguales, se les hizo un registro de su presión sanguínea sistólica y diastólica por espacio de dos semanas antes, y luego otras dos semanas mientras que recibían una de cuatro intervenciones. Un grupo (de control) recibió agua mineral embotellada; un segundo grupo recibió agua de coco; un tercer grupo recibió mauby; y finalmente el cuarto grupo recibió una bebida mixta de agua de coco y mauby. Se observaron disminuciones significativas de la presión sistólica media en el 71%, el 40% y el 43% respectivamente, de los grupos que recibieron el agua de coco, el mauby, y la bebida combinada (p ≤ 0.05). Para estos grupos, las proporciones respectivas que mostraron disminuciones significativas de la presión diastólica media fueron 29%, 40% y 57%. Para el grupo que recibió la bebida mixta, las disminuciones mayores en las presiones medias sistólica y diastólica fueron 24 mmHg y 15 mmHg respectivamente - aproximadamente el doble de los valores observados en cada una de las intervenciones.
Assuntos
Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: LILACS Assunto principal: Bebidas / Preparações de Plantas / Hipertensão Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials / Observational_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: Caribe ingles / Trinidad y tobago Idioma: En Revista: West Indian med. j Assunto da revista: MEDICINA Ano de publicação: 2005 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Jamaica
Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: LILACS Assunto principal: Bebidas / Preparações de Plantas / Hipertensão Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials / Observational_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: Caribe ingles / Trinidad y tobago Idioma: En Revista: West Indian med. j Assunto da revista: MEDICINA Ano de publicação: 2005 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Jamaica