The Water-Blueberry Study

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2004-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

We will study the effect of supplementation of 1 L blueberry juice to participants with at least one elevated cardiovasculat risk factor.

• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Oslo
• Collaborator: Ullevaal University Hospital
• Treatments: Antioxidants

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 30-70 years for men and 45-70 years or at least 12 months postmenopausal for women

• at least one elevated cardiovascular risk factor, defined as systolic blood pressure between 140 and 165 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure between 90 and 105 mmHg, low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol ≥3.4 mmol/L, total/high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol ratio >4 or smoking a minimum of 3 cigarettes daily.

Exclusion Criteria:

• clinically recognized chronic diseases as impaired renal function, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, liver or gastrointestinal disease or cancer within the last 5 years

• use of lipid-lowering drugs, diuretics or hormone replacement therapy for women

• Subjects with a body-mass index ≥31

• with a alcohol consumption above 3 units/day for men and 1 unit/day for women

• blood donation within the last six months