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. 2014 Dec 15;17(2):87–94. doi: 10.1111/jch.12457

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.