psyllium and Reduced Systolic Blood Pressure

• The effect of psyllium supplementation on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

  • 2020-11-01
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 592
  • The Korean journal of internal medicine 35(6)
  • • Cain C T Clark
    • Mina Salek
    • Elahe Aghabagheri
    • Sadegh Jafarnejad

  • PubMed: 32066221
  • DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2019.049

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Systolic Blood Pressure

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  The meta-analysis revealed a significant reduction of 2.04 mmHg in systolic blood pressure (weighted mean difference, -2.04; 95% confidence interval, -2.82 to -1.63; p < 0.001).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

• The effect of psyllium consumption on blood pressure: Systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

  • 2024-08-29
  • Review · n = 802
  • Food science & nutrition 12(10)
  • • Zeinab Gholami
    • Zamzam Paknahad

  • PubMed: 39479650
  • DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.3863

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Systolic Blood Pressure

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Psyllium consumption significantly decreases systolic blood pressure (SBP): (weighted mean difference [WMD]: -2.24; 95% CI: -3.13, -1.35; p < .05)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes