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FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2021.747884
Keywords
anthocyanin; berry; cardiovascular diseases; meta-analysis; randomized controlled trial; prospective cohort study
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81730090, 81973022]
- Guangzhou Science, Technology and Innovation Committee [201804020045]
- Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation [2019A1515111103]
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The intake of anthocyanins and anthocyanin-rich berries is associated with reduced cardiovascular disease risks, potentially through improving blood lipid profiles and reducing inflammatory mediators.
Objective: The associations between intake of anthocyanins and anthocyanin-rich berries and cardiovascular risks remained to be established. We aimed to quantitatively summarize the effects of purified anthocyanins and anthocyanin-rich berries on major surrogate markers of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and the longitudinal associations between dietary anthocyanins and CVD events.Methods: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and prospective cohort studies.Results: We included 44 eligible RCTs and 15 prospective cohort studies in this study. Pooled analysis of RCTs showed that purified anthocyanin supplementation could significantly reduce blood LDL cholesterol (weighted mean difference (WMD): -5.43 mg/dL, 95% CI: -8.96, -1.90 mg/dL; p = 0.003) and triglyceride (WMD: -6.18 mg/dL, 95% CI: -11.67, -0.69 mg/dL; p = 0.027) while increase HDL cholesterol (WMD: 11.49 mg/dL, 95% CI: 7.43, 15.55 mg/dL; p < 0.001) concentrations. Purified anthocyanins also markedly decreased circulating tumor necrosis factor alpha (WMD: -1.62 pg/mL, 95% CI: -2.76, -0.48 pg/mL; p = 0.005) and C-reactive protein (WMD: -0.028 mg/dL, 95% CI: -0.050, -0.005 mg/dL; p = 0.014). Besides, administration of anthocyanin-rich berries could significantly lower blood total cholesterol (WMD: -4.48 mg/dL, 95% CI: -8.94, -0.02 mg/dL; p = 0.049) and C-reactive protein (WMD: -0.046 mg/dL, 95% CI: -0.070, -0.022 mg/dL; p < 0.001). Neither purified anthocyanins nor anthocyanin-rich berries could cause any substantial improvements in BMI, blood pressure, or flow-mediated dilation. In addition, meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies suggested that high dietary anthocyanins were related to lower risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) (relative risk (RR): 0.83, 95% CI: 0.72, 0.95; p = 0.009), total CVD incidence (RR: 0.73, 95% CI: 0.55, 0.97; p = 0.030), and total CVD deaths (RR: 0.91, 95% CI: 0.87, 0.96; p < 0.001).Conclusion: Habitual intake of anthocyanins and anthocyanin-rich berries could protect against CVDs possibly via improving blood lipid profiles and decreasing circulating proinflammatory cytokines.Systematic Review Registration: , identifier: CRD42020208782.
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