Aronia melanocarpa Elliot Reduces the Activity of Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme—In Vitro and Ex Vivo Studies

Table 3

The correlation coefficients and 𝑃 values for correlation of ACE activity and blood pressure: SBP-systolic blood pressure, DBP-diastolic blood pressure, BMI-body mass index, CRP-C-reactive protein in control group and patients with metabolic syndrome at baseline and after 1 (1 M) and 2 months (2 M) of Aronia melanocarpa Elliot extract supplementation; NE-not evaluated.

	Patients with MS; (group I) (𝑛=23)			Control; (group II); (𝑛=20)	Control group MS; (group III); (𝑛=25)
	Baseline	1 M	2 M
	ACE activity	ACE activity	ACE activity	ACE activity	ACE activity
SBP	0.459; 𝑃=0.048	0.315; 𝑃=0.176	−0.229; 𝑃=0.329	−0.034; 𝑃=0.889	0.333; 𝑃=0.104
DBP	0.603; 𝑃=0.005	0.350; 𝑃=0.130	0.3712; 𝑃=0.106	0.298; 𝑃=0.216	0.267; 𝑃=0.196
BMI	0.363; 𝑃=0.097	0.296; 𝑃=0.296	0.461; 𝑃=0.030	0.034; 𝑃=0.877	0.388; 𝑃=0.137
CRP	0.492; 𝑃=0.023	0.507; 𝑃=0.027	−0.207; 𝑃=0.393	NE	NE