Effect of Antioxidant Supplementation on the Autonomic Balance

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertension; Autonomic Imbalance; Insulin Resistance; Oxidative Stress

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Antioxidants capsules

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03510221

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Recent evidence suggests that there is a directly proportional relationship between diets with a high concentration of antioxidants and the reduction of blood pressure and the risk of cardiovascular events. However, there is a gap with regard to research on the effects of these diets on vascular function, especially in humans. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of antioxidant supplementation through the consumption of blueberry, cranberry and pomegranate extract capsules (1 of each per day), the effect of the autonomic balance in hypertensive and normotensive adults.

Full description

A clinical trial was performed, with 60 individuals, 30 normotensive and 30 hypertensive patients. Participants were of both sex, aged between 18 and 60 years and Body Mass Index (BMI) less than 35 kg / m². Venous blood samples were collected after 12-hour fasting for biochemical measurements (glucose, total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, uric acid, sodium, potassium, urea, creatinine, insulin), and adiponectin , interleukin-4 (IL-4), interleukin-2β (IL-2β), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), leptin, C-reactive protein, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-6 and nitrotyrosine. An anthropometric evaluation was performed with measures of weight, height, waist circumference and cervical circumference. The hemodynamic evaluation was done through a non-invasive monitor. The study participants were divided into 2 different groups: Group A (normotensive) and Group B (hypertensive). The capsules for antioxidant supplementation were of blueberry, cranberry and pomegranate, being one capsule of each a day. Study participants received placebo capsules for 4 weeks and then received the fruit extract capsules (blueberry, cranberry and pomegranate), one capsule a day for 4 weeks. All tests were performed at baseline, after 4 and 8 weeks of intervention. The comparison between groups was performed with the Multiple Comparison Test (ANOVA). The research project was approved by the Ethics Committee for Analysis of Research Projects (CAPPesq) of the Hospital das Clinicas of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Sao Paulo. Participation in the research was voluntary and all participants read and signed the consent form. The risk for the present participant was minimal.

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 59 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of hypertension - group Hypertensives
• Healthy people - group Normotensive

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with glycated hemoglobin > 7%,
• Patients with a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease,
• Patients with LDL-cholesterol> 160 mg/dL (non-diabetics)
• Pregnant women,
• Cigarret smokers,
• Diabetics using more than one drug in addition to metformin,
• Patients with LDL-cholesterol> 130 mg/dL (non-diabetic using statin),
• LDL cholesterol ≥ 100 mg / dL (patients on statin),
• Patients with valvular heart disease,
• Pulmonary hypertension,
• Patients with collagen disease,
• Patients with type of cancer,
• Complex arrhythmia,
• Those patients with any chronic crippling pathology.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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54 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Antioxidants

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects received 3 antioxidant capsules (1 capsule of blueberry + 1 capsule of cranberry + 1 capsule pomegranate - a day) during 4 weeks.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Antioxidants capsules

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Subjects received 3 placebo capsules during 4 weeks.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Antioxidants capsules