Clinical Study

Effects of Nitrate Supplementation on Cardiovascular and Autonomic Reactivity in African-American Females

Figure 2

Effects of beetroot juice treatment on systolic blood pressure. Bars represent mean ± standard error measurements of systolic blood pressure, expressed in mm Hg, performed at rest (baseline) at constant aerobic exercise workloads set to 40% and 80% of the predetermined peak oxygen consumption ( ). The subjects were 13 healthy young adult females administered a placebo control orange juice and an isocaloric beetroot juice treatment on separate days. Asterisk (*) indicates a significant treatment-related difference at .
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