ReviewImpact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages on Blood Pressure
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Methods
We searched MEDLINE, MEDLINE In-Process and Other Non-Indexed Citations, EMBASE, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, and PsycINFO to identify all the relevant studies up to August 2013. The detailed search strategy is explained in the Appendix. The keywords “sugar sweetened beverages,” “sugary drinks,” “added sugars,” “blood pressure,” and “hypertension” were indexed in all combinations for original reports and clinical studies including cross-sectional studies, observational studies,
Results
We identified a total of 918 reports in electronic databases. A manual search performed through the reference lists of relevant reviews and reports yielded 7 additional studies. Detailed schema is explained in preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses diagram (Figure 1). After deduplication and title and abstract screening of 605 reports, we retrieved 21 potential full-text reports for in-depth evaluation. On full-text review 9 of these articles were excluded for
Discussion
Overall, none of the studies showed a beneficial effect on BP from SSB consumption. In general, even by the most conservative estimate, intake of >12 fl oz of SSB per day can increase the risk of having hypertension by at least 6%, and it can increase mean SBP by a minimum of 1.8 mm Hg in roughly over 18 months. This can be very significant at a population level. In the past, a modest reduction in SBP at a population level has been proven to translate into substantial reductions in deaths from
Disclosures
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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