Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Many patients prefer herbal medications to conventional drugs. Limited trial evidence suggests that garlic preparations reduce high blood pressure (BP). METHODS:We searched electronic databases through March 2014 to identify all randomized controlled trials that compared a garlic preparation to placebo in hypertensive patients. Trials were required to report BP values at baseline and after a follow-up of at least 4 weeks. RESULTS:Nine double-blind trials with 482 individuals fulfilled our inclusion criteria. Included trials were rather small, and the quality of the majority of included trials was moderate. Follow-up ranged from 8 to 26 weeks. All trials reported office BP measurements. Systolic BP and diastolic BP (SBP and DBP) were more effectively reduced in individuals treated with garlic preparations than in individuals treated with placebo. However, heterogeneity was high (weighted mean difference (WMD) for SBP was -9.1 mm Hg; 95% confidence interval (CI), -12.7 to -5.4; P for heterogeneity = 0.0006; and I2 = 71%; WMD for BP was -3.8 mm Hg; 95% CI, -6.7 to -1.0; P for heterogeneity = 0.00001; I2 = 80%). When analyses were restricted to higher-quality trials using intention-to-treat analysis or to trials with concealed treatment allocation and standardized and blinded BP measurement, effect sizes for SBP but not for DBP were lower and heterogeneity disappeared. CONCLUSIONS:Although evidence from this review suggests that garlic preparations may lower BP in hypertensive individuals, the evidence is not strong. A well-conducted and powered trial of longer duration is needed to confirm these findings.
journal_name
Am J Hypertensjournal_title
American journal of hypertensionauthors
Rohner A,Ried K,Sobenin IA,Bucher HC,Nordmann AJdoi
10.1093/ajh/hpu165subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-03-01 00:00:00pages
414-23issue
3eissn
0895-7061issn
1941-7225pii
hpu165journal_volume
28pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ajh.2009.115
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1991-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of hypertension
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.10.021
更新日期:2005-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0895-7061(95)00254-5
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.03.676
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2011-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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