TABLE 3.

Change in anthropometrics, blood pressure, and serum glucose and lipid concentrations in participants with metabolic syndrome after 8-wk supplementation with freeze-dried blueberries or control treatment¹

	Δ (0–8 wk)
Variable	Blueberry	Control
n	25	23
Body weight, kg	−0.4 ± 0.30	0.5 ± 0.40
Waist circumference, cm	−0.4 ± 0.30	−0.5 ± 1.10
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	−7.8 ± 2.50*	−2.0 ± 2.80
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	−2.5 ± 1.10*	0.7 ± 2.00
Glucose, mmol/L	0.1 ± 0.20	−0.1 ± 0.20
HbA1C, %	0.1 ± 0.10	0.2 ± 0.10
Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance	0.7 ± 0.50	−0.2 ± 0.20
Triglycerides, mmol/L	0.0 ± 0.10	0.1 ± 0.20
Total cholesterol, mmol/L	0.2 ± 0.20	0.2 ± 0.30
HDL cholesterol, mmol/L	0.0 ± 0.02	0.0 ± 0.02
LDL cholesterol, mmol/L	0.1 ± 0.10	0.0 ± 0.20

¹Data are means ± SE. *Different from control, < 0.05.