Table 3.
The correlation coefficients and P values for correlation of ACE activity and blood pressure: SBP-systolic blood pressure, DBP-diastolic blood pressure, BMI-body mass index, CRP-C-reactive protein in control group and patients with metabolic syndrome at baseline and after 1 (1 M) and 2 months (2 M) of Aronia melanocarpa Elliot extract supplementation; NE-not evaluated.
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Patients with MS (group I) (n = 23) |
Control (group II) (n = 20) |
Control group MS (group III) (n = 25) |
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| Baseline | 1 M | 2 M | |||
| ACE activity | ACE activity | ACE activity | ACE activity | ACE activity | |
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| SBP | 0.459; P = 0.048 | 0.315; P = 0.176 | −0.229; P = 0.329 | −0.034; P = 0.889 | 0.333; P = 0.104 |
| DBP | 0.603; P = 0.005 | 0.350; P = 0.130 | 0.3712; P = 0.106 | 0.298; P = 0.216 | 0.267; P = 0.196 |
| BMI | 0.363; P = 0.097 | 0.296; P = 0.296 | 0.461; P = 0.030 | 0.034; P = 0.877 | 0.388; P = 0.137 |
| CRP | 0.492; P = 0.023 | 0.507; P = 0.027 | −0.207; P = 0.393 | NE | NE |