The Impact of Vitamins and/or Mineral Supplementation on Blood Pressure in Type 2 Diabetes
Maryam Sadat Farvid, PhD,
Mahmoud Jalali, PhD,
Fereydoun Siassi, PhD,
Navid Saadat, MD and
Mostafa Hosseini, PhD
Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry (M.S.F., M.J., F.S.), Tehran, IRAN
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (M.H.), Tehran, IRAN
School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Endocrine Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (N.S.), Tehran, IRAN

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Fig. 1. Levels of systolic blood pressure (SBP) before and after three months vitamin and/or mineral supplementation in Type 2 diabetic patients. *p < 0.05 compared with baseline and group P.
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Fig. 2. Levels of diastolic blood pressure (DBP) before and after three months vitamin and/or mineral supplementation in Type 2 diabetic patients. *p < 0.05 compared with baseline and group P.
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Fig. 3. Levels of mean arterial pressure (MAP) before and after three months vitamin and mineral supplementation in type 2 diabetic patients. *p < 0.05 compared with baseline and group P.
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Fig. 4. Correlation between change in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and change in serum sodium in group MV after three months supplementation.
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Fig. 5. Levels of malondialdehide (MDA) before and after three months vitamin and/or mineral supplementation in type 2 diabetic patients. *p < 0.05 compared with baseline and group P.
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