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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 5.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Nutr. 2012 Mar 2;52(1):289–296. doi: 10.1007/s00394-012-0334-4

TABLE 1.

Baseline Charactersitics

Baseline Characteristics
Placebo Cranberry Juice P-value
Age 51.4 ± 15.1 44.8 ± 17.5 0.06
Men, No. (%) 11 (25%) 20 (48%) 0.029
Body Mass Index 27.2 ± 5.5 27.7 ± 5.9 0.70
LVEF, % 61.3 ± 5.3 63.0 ± 6.5 0.50
Family history of CAD, No. (%) 15 (34%) 16 (39%) 0.69
Hyperlipidemia, No. (%) 24 (55%) 19 (46%) 0.75
Smoking, No. (%) 2 (5%) 1 (2%) 0.58
Hypertension currently drug treated, No. (%) 11 (25%) 12 (29%) 0.66
Diabetes mellitus, No. (%) 2 (5%) 0 (0%) 0.17
Obesity (BMI>=30), No. (%) 12 (27%) 8 (20%) 0.40
Arrhythmia (afib/SVT/VT), No. (%) 5 (11%) 2 (5%) 0.28
Valve disease, No. (%) 1 (2%) 1 (2%) 0.96
Cerebral Vascular disease, No. (%) 1 (2%) 0 (0%) 0.33
Previous MI, No. (%) 0 (0%) 1 (2%) 0.30
PTCA/Atherectomy/Stent (Angioplasty), No. (%) 0 (0%) 1 (2%) 0.30
CABG Surgery (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft), No. (%) 0 (0%) 1 (2%) 0.30
ACE inhibitor, No. (%) 4 (9%) 3 (8%) 0.77
Aspirin, No. (%) 14 (33%) 9 (23%) 0.31
Calcium blocker, No. (%) 1 (2%) 4 (10%) 0.14
Statins, No. (%) 11 (25%) 11 (28%) 0.79
Omega-3 FA, No. (%) 10 (23%) 6 (15%) 0.34
Any Vitamin (multi/C/E), No. (%) 24 (56%) 18 (45%) 0.32

LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; CAD, coronary artery disease; afib, atrial fibrillation; SVT, supraventricular tachycardia; MI, myocardial infarction; PTCA, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; ACE, angiotensin converting enzyme; FA, fatty acids