Research Article

Effect on Blood Pressure of Daily Lemon Ingestion and Walking

Table 2

Pearson coefficient of correlation of significantly different or tendency items.

Lemon intake per dayNumber of steps per dayCitric acid (Δ%)
Correlation coefficient valueCorrelation coefficient valueCorrelation coefficient value

Number of steps per day0.1670.099
Citric acid (Δ%)0.343<0.0000.2130.042
Systolic blood pressure (Δ%)−0.2040.040−0.2220.034−0.2420.015
Diastolic blood pressure (Δ%)−0.1710.088−0.1510.152−0.0580.562
Pulse pressure (Δ%)−0.1810.069−0.1880.074−0.3180.001
Red blood cell (Δ%)−0.2220.0250.0980.3580.2150.031