Title : Effects of ascorbic acid on ambulatory blood pressure in elderly patients with refractory hypertension.

Pub. Date : 2006

PMID : 16927536






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1 Chronic treatment with ascorbic acid markedly reduced systolic blood pressure and pulse pressure in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the elderly group (from 154.9 +/- 21.6 to 134.8 +/- 19.7 mmHg, p < 0.001; and from 79.1 +/- 22.1 to 63.4 +/- 18.7, p < 0.05; respectively), which was accompanied by an increase in the serum levels of ascorbic acid and decreases in the levels of C-reactive protein, 8-isoprostane, and malondialdehyde-modified low-density lipoproteins. Ascorbic Acid C-reactive protein Homo sapiens