Table 3.
Changes in Resting Blood Pressure and Fasting Uric Acid After 10 Weeks of Sugar‐Sweetened Milk Consumption
| Group | Baseline | Week 10 | Time P Value | Interaction P Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
| Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg | HFCS | 108.61 | 9.70 | 107.57 | 11.29 | <.001 | .081 |
| Fructose | 107.71 | 10.51 | 105.49 | 9.97 | |||
| Glucose | 109.17 | 10.09 | 104.60 | 9.78 | |||
| Sucrose | 111.14 | 10.28 | 107.25 | 10.55 | |||
| Total | 109.16 | 10.17 | 106.13 | 10.39 | |||
| Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg | HFCS | 69.48 | 9.71 | 68.90 | 10.78 | .003 | .510 |
| Fructose | 69.68 | 8.83 | 67.82 | 8.91 | |||
| Sucrose | 68.96 | 8.34 | 66.12 | 9.35 | |||
| Glucose | 71.14 | 8.02 | 69.81 | 9.48 | |||
| Total | 69.78 | 8.70 | 68.05 | 9.68 | |||
| Uric acid, mg/dL | HFCS | 4.84 | 1.37 | 4.91 | 1.39 | .375 | .562 |
| Fructose | 5.08 | 1.37 | 5.02 | 1.33 | |||
| Sucrose | 5.06 | 1.48 | 4.94 | 1.38 | |||
| Glucose | 4.88 | 1.45 | 4.83 | 1.25 | |||
| Total | 4.97 | 1.42 | 4.92 | 1.33 | |||
Abbreviations: HFCS, high fructose corn syrup; SD, standard deviation. Blood pressure was measured in the right arm sitting after 5 minutes of quiet rest using standard techniques.