background: hypertension is a risk factor for many diseases. nutritional methods are considered as major tools in lifestyle modification for lowering blood pressure. the present study was conducted to determine the level of dietary adherence in hypertensive patients. methods: this descriptive-analytical study was performed in 2015, on hypertensive patients who were referred to heart clinic of s...

results during the 3 months study, in the placebo group, systolic bp (sbp) increased with 6.3 mmhg and diastolic bp (dbp) increased with 4.6 mmhg, changes which were significant. after the 3 months, the effect of garlic on sbp, after adjusting for baseline value, was significant, and this effect was more significant in hypertensive patients. plasma lipids and lipoproteins did not change signific...

objectives:hypertension is one of the most common diseases of the modern era. this study evaluates the effect of hydro-alcoholic celery leaf extract onsystolic blood pressure (sbp), heart rate (hr) and lipid profile in animals’ model of hypertension induced by fructose. materials and methods: sprague dawley rats were divided into five groups: 1) control group (free access to tap drinking water)...

objective(s): in this study, the effects of chronic administration of crocin, an active constituent of saffron, on blood pressures of normotensive and desoxycorticosterone acetate (doca) - salt induced hypertensive rats, were investigated.   materials and methods: five week administration of three doses of crocin (50, 100 and 200 mg/kg/day) and spironolactone (50 mg/kg/day) in different groups ...

objective(s): in this study, the effects of crocin against subchronic toxicity of diazinon (dzn) on systolic blood pressure (sbp) and heart rate (hr) were evaluated in rats. materials and methods: rats were equally divided into 7 groups; control (corn oil), dzn (15 mg/kg), crocin (each group received 12.5, 25 or 50 mg/kg crocin plus dzn), vitamin e (200 iu/kg plus dzn) and crocin (50 mg/kg) tre...

safranal, the main component of crocus sativus essential oil, exhibits different pharmacological activities. in this study, the effects of safranal, on blood pressure of normotensive and desoxycorticosterone acetate (doca) - salt induced hypertensive rats in chronic administration were investigated. three doses of safranal (1, 2 and 4 mg/kg/day) and spironolactone (50 mg/kg/day) were administra...

vitamin d deficiency has been proposed as an associating factor with increased blood pressure. we studied the relationship between serum vitamin d and blood pressure in a large representative sample of iranian population. in this cross-sectional study, based on the data of 2508 adults (aged between 20 and 70 years) from the iran multicenter osteoporosis study (imos), the association between ser...

background: use of single measurement of risk factors can distort their estimated effects, due to random error in measurements. the aim of this study was to examine the extent of underestimation in the estimated effect of common variables in physical exam i.e. systolic and diastolic blood pressure (sbp, dbp) and body mass index (bmi) on cardiovascular diseases in tehran lipid and glucose study ...

Introduction: Breastfeeding produces an important effect on the physiology of the body, metabolism and human clinical status. Available evidence suggested that breastfeeding has a prophylactic effect on adiposity, blood pressure and other chronic diseases. Thus, this study was conducted to determine the association between infant breastfeeding and blood pressure status in early adulthood. Ma...