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Provedor de dados: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
País: | Brazil
Título: | Protective effect of yerba mate intake on the cardiovascular system: a post hoc analysis study in postmenopausal women
Autores: | da Veiga,D.T.A.; Bringhenti,R.; Copes,R.; Tatsch,E.; Moresco,R.N.; Comim,F.V.; Premaor,M.O.
Data: | 2018-01-01
Ano: | 2018
Palavras-chave: | Yerba mate; Ilex paraguariensis; Postmenopausal women; Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Cardiovascular disease.
Resumo: | The prevalence of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases is increased in postmenopausal women, which contributes to the burden of illnesses in this period of life. Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) is a native bush from Southern South America. Its leaves are rich in phenolic components, which may have antioxidant, vasodilating, hypocholesterolemic, and hypoglycemic proprieties. This post hoc analysis of the case-control study nested in the Obesity and Bone Fracture Cohort evaluated the consumption of yerba mate and the prevalence of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and coronary diseases in postmenopausal women. Ninety-five postmenopausal women were included in this analysis. A questionnaire was applied to evaluate the risk factors and diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases and consumption of yerba mate infusion. Student's t-test and chi-square test were used to assess significant differences between groups. The group that consumed more than 1 L/day of mate infusion had significantly fewer diagnoses of coronary disease, dyslipidemia, and hypertension (P&lt;0.049, P&lt;0.048, and P&lt;0.016, respectively). Furthermore, the serum levels of glucose were lower in the group with a higher consumption of yerba mate infusion (P&lt;0.013). The serum levels of total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides were similar between the groups. This pragmatic study points out the benefits of yerba mate consumption for the cardiovascular and metabolic systems. The ingestion of more than 1 L/day of mate infusion was associated with fewer self-reported cardiovascular diseases and lower serum levels of glucose. Longitudinal studies are needed to evaluate the association between yerba mate infusion and reduction of cardiovascular diseases in postmenopausal women.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2018000600607
Editor: | Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
Relação: | 10.1590/1414-431x20187253
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.51 n.6 2018
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess