Hypertension
Conditions
Interventions
Food supplementation with coconut oil in capsules (1000 mg) or placebo (500 mg of pharmaceutical starch) combined with physical training or alone, for a period of 30 days. Forty-five (n = 45) patients
Placebo group (n = 11)
Coconut oil group and physical training (n = 11)
and Placebo group and physical training (n = 09).The physical training consisted of three weekly sessions of moderate aerobic exercise on a treadmill and 10 ml / day of coconut oil was administered (o
Dietary supplement
Sponsors
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Volunteers of both genders; mild hypertensive patients aged between 18 and 65 years.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Volunteers with secondary hypertension; volunteers under pharmacological treatment or using hormone therapy; with a recent history of emergency hospitalization due to the hypertensive crisis; Diabetes Mellitus; and volunteers with pressure levels outside the range of stage I hypertension.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 10% reduction in baseline mean baseline blood pressure values after the experimental intervention period measured by 24-hour blood pressure monitoring | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 20% increase in serum high density lipoprotein (HDL) concentration after the experimental period | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactFrancisco Antônio Oliveira Júnior
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Outcome results
None listed