blueberry and Improved Flow-Mediated Dilation

• Blueberry consumption enhances vascular function but not cognitive abilities in healthy individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2026-05
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 632
  • Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) 149
  • • Yu He
    • Jing Yang
    • Shuzhen Zhang
    • Junfan Mai
    • Meiying Li

  • PubMed: 41974068
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2026.03.007

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  • Improved Flow-Mediated Dilation

  • High evidence

  blueberry intervention significantly improved flow-mediated dilation (FMD) by 1.11% (95% CI: 0.50, 1.72; I² = 23%)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

• Effect of blueberry intervention on endothelial function: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2024-06-03
  • Systematic Review
  • Frontiers in physiology 15
  • • Bixin Deng
    • Yupeng Lei
    • Ruixi Zhou
    • Tiechao Ruan
    • Wenting Lu
    • Junjie Ying
    • Yan Yue
    • Dezhi Mu

  • PubMed: 38887319
  • DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1368892

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  • Improved Flow-Mediated Dilation

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  Blueberry consumption significantly improved flow-mediated dilation (FMD) by 1.50% (95% CI: 0.81, 2.20; I2 = 87%)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes