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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Mario Siervo, Dr Jose Lara-Gallegos, Shakir Chowdhury, Ammar Ashor, Dr Clio Oggioni, Professor John Mathers
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The Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) is recommended to lower blood pressure (BP), but its effects on cardiometabolic biomarkers are unclear. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCT) was conducted to determine the effects of the DASH diet on cardiovascular risk factors. Medline, Embase and Scopus databases were searched from inception to December 2013. Inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) DASH diet; (2) RCT; (3) risk factors including systolic and diastolic BE and glucose, HDL, LDL, TAG and total cholesterol concentrations; (4) control group. Random-effects models were used to determine the pooled effect sizes. Meta-regression analyses were carried out to examine the association between effect sizes, baseline values of the risk factors, BMI, age, quality of trials, salt intake and study duration. A total of twenty articles reporting data for 1917 participants were included in the meta-analysis. The duration of interventions ranged from 2 to 21 weeks. The DASH diet was found to result in significant decreases in systolic BP (-5.2mmHg, 95% CI -7.0, -3.4; P<0.001) and diastolic BP (-2.6 mmHg, 95% CI -3.5, -1.7; P<0.001) and in the concentrations of total cholesterol (-0.20 mmol/l, 95% CI -0.31, -0.10; P<0.001) and LDL (-0.10 mmol/l, 95% CI -0.20, -0.01; P=0.03). Changes in both systolic and diastolic BP were greater in participants with higher baseline BP or BMI. These changes predicted a reduction of approximately 13% in the 10-year Framingham risk,score for CVD. The DASH diet improved cardiovascular risk factors and appeared to have greater beneficial effects in subjects with an increased cardiometabolic risk. The DASH diet is an effective nutritional strategy to prevent CVD.
Author(s): Siervo M, Lara J, Chowdhury S, Ashor A, Oggioni C, Mathers JC
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: British Journal of Nutrition
Year: 2015
Volume: 113
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-15
Print publication date: 14/01/2015
Online publication date: 14/01/2015
Acceptance date: 28/11/2014
ISSN (print): 0007-1145
ISSN (electronic): 1475-2662
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114514003341
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514003341
