Table 2

Anthropometrics and Blood Pressure. Body mass, systolic blood pressure (BP), diastolic blood pressure and waist circumference (WC) of subjects consuming raisins (RAISIN), increasing walking (WALK) or both (RAISIN + WALK)1.

Variable
Body Mass (kg)
Systolic BP (mm of Hg)
Diastolic BP (mm of Hg)
WC (centimeters)

RAISIN (n = 12)
Baseline
70.8 ± 12.2
124.3 ± 15.2
79.7 ± 10.6
86.4 ± 8.2
Week 6
70.9 ± 11.9
121.8 ± 13.7
79.2 ± 9.1
85.7 ± 9.1
WALK (n = 12)
Baseline
78.7 ± 16.8
120.7 ± 9.9
78.0 ± 5.8
90.5 ± 13.4
Week 6
78.6 ± 17.1
118.7 ± 8.9
77.8 ± 5.2
90.5 ± 13.2
RAISIN + WALK (N = 10)
Baseline
78.4 ± 15.9
123.0 ± 14.0
80.6 ± 8.4
91.0 ± 11.0
6 Weeks
78.4 ± 16.0
119.4 ± 13.3
78.8 ± 9.5
90.6 ± 11.8
Time Effect
NS
P = 0.008
NS
NS
Group Effect
NS
NS
NS
NS
Interaction
NS
NS
NS
NS

1 Values represent mean ± SD for the number of subjects indicated in parentheses. Data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA. There was a time effect for blood pressure only.

Puglisi et al. Lipids in Health and Disease 2008 7:14   doi:10.1186/1476-511X-7-14