title: Blood pressure lowering effect of eicosapentaenoic acid-rich diet in normotensive, hypertensive and hyperlipemic subjects.
abstract: A mackerel diet or a herring diet in which two cans of fish fillet were consumed daily over 2 weeks within a prescribed regimen, in a crossover design, were given to 15 normotensive volunteers, 14 patients with mild essential hypertension and eight patients with type IV and V hyperlipoproteinemia (HLP). In normotensives a markedly lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure at the end of the period on the mackerel diet could be observed, whereas in hypertensive and hyperlipemic subjects only systolic blood pressure was significantly decreased. After the herring diet, which served as control, changes in blood pressure were of a minor degree.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wirth
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gödicke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Heine
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005396:Fish Products; D005399:Fishes; D005519:Food Preservation; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006953:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IV / Q000150:complications; D006954:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type V / Q000150:complications; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000178:diet therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D014280:Triglycerides; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid