flaxseed and Reduced Systolic Blood Pressure

• Efficacy of flaxseed in reducing blood pressure among patients with cardiovascular risk factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of parallel randomized controlled trials.

  • 2025-03-18
  • Review
  • Journal of cardiovascular and thoracic research 17(1)
  • • Refli Hasan
    • Raed Obaid Saleh
    • Rana H Raheema
    • Hanen Mahmod Hulail
    • Irfan Ahmad
    • Deepak Nathiya
    • Parjinder Kaur

  • PubMed: 40365516
  • DOI: 10.34172/jcvtr.025.33280

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Systolic Blood Pressure

  • Low evidence
  • Clinical

  Pooled analysis suggested that flaxseed supplementation can reduce systolic BP (SBP) (WMD: -4.75 mmHg, 95% CI: -7.05 to -2.44, P≤0.001; I²=93.6%)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  not specified in abstract