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High Fructose Diet Increases Mortality in Hypertensive Rats Compared to a Complex Carbohydrate or High Fat Diet
Author(s) -
Neelesh Sharma,
Isidore C Okere,
Monika Duda,
Jane M. F. Johnson,
Celvie L. Yuan,
Mary H.H. Chandler,
Paul Ernsberger,
Brian D. Hoit,
William C. Stanley
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.09.022
Subject(s) - medicine , fructose , carbohydrate , endocrinology , blood pressure , left ventricular hypertrophy , muscle hypertrophy , food science , biology
Chronic hypertension leads to cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, and premature death. Little is known about the impact of dietary macronutrient composition on hypertension-induced cardiac hypertrophy and mortality. We investigated the effects of consuming either a high complex carbohydrate diet, a high simple sugar diet, or a high fat diet on cardiac hypertrophy and mortality in hypertensive Dahl salt-sensitive (DSS) rats.

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