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JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
Volume 132, Issue 3, Pages 394-398Publisher
AMER INST NUTRITION
DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.3.394
Keywords
oat fiber; wheat fiber; arterial blood pressure; humans
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- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [K02HL067227, R01HL062283] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL 62283, HL 67227] Funding Source: Medline
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The results of epidemiologic studies suggest that increased intake of dietary fiber is associated with lower levels of arterial blood pressure (BP). However, there is little information available addressing the possibility that increased oat consumption may reduce arterial BP in individuals with elevated arterial BP. To test this hypothesis, middle-aged and older men (n = 36; body mass index, 25-35 kg/m(2); aged 50-75 y) with elevated BP (systolic BP 130-159 mmHg and/or diastolic BP 85-99 mmHg) were randomly assigned to consume an additional 14 g/d of dietary fiber in the form of oat (5.5 g beta-glucan, n = 18) or wheat cereals (no beta-glucan, n = 18) for 12 wk. Casual resting arterial BP was measured at baseline and after 4, 8 and 12 wk of intervention. The 24-h ambulatory arterial BP was measured at baseline and after 12 wk of intervention. There were no differences in casual resting or 24-h ambulatory BP at baseline in the two groups. Casual systolic BP (SBP) did not change as a result of the 12-wk intervention in the oat (138 +/- 2 vs. 135 +/- 3 mmHg) or wheat (142 +/- 2 vs. 140 +/- 3 mmHg) groups, respectively (all P > 0.05). Casual diastolic BP (DBP) also did not change in the oat (89 +/- 2 vs. 88 +/- 2 mmHg) or wheat (90 +/- 2 vs. 91 +/- 2 mmHg) group during this period (all P > 0.05). Further, 24-h, daytime and nighttime SBP and DBP did not decrease with the intervention. Therefore, the results of the present study suggest that any cardioprotective benefit of regular oat consumption may not be conferred via an arterial BP-lowering effect.
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