Archives of Clinical Hypertension

Garcia Garcia MA1*, Rosero Arenas2,

Martinez Cornejo A1 and Perez Lluna L3
UCI Hospital Sagunto, Valencia, Spain
C Salud Cheste, Valencia, Spain
3
Servicio M. Interna Hospital Sagunto, Valencia,
Spain
1
2

Dates: Received: 10 March, 2016; Accepted: 11

April, 2016; Published: 12 April, 2016

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Research Article

Usefulness of Phytoestrogens in
Treatment of Arterial Hypertension.
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

*Corresponding author: Miguel Angel Garcia

Garcia, Avenida Doctor Peset Aleixandre No. 81
gate 21 , 46009 Valencia , SPAIN, Intensive Care
Unit, Hospital de Sagunto, 46520 Puerto de Sagunto
/ Valencia, SPAIN, Tel: 03699743390; E-mail:

Background: It has been suggested that phytoestrogens may have utility in the control of arterial
hypertension.

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Methods: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials,

and the main outcome was the decrease of blood pressure.

Keywords: Phytoestrogens, Isoflavones; Soy protein;

Blood pressure; Meta-analysis

Abstract

Results: Decrease in systolic (- 0,15 mmHg, CI 95% from -0,24 to -0,05) and diastolic (-0,14
mmHg, CI 95% from -0,25 to -0,03) blood pressure were observed in patients taking phytoestrogens,
but this difference was not clinically relevant. There can be a little greater decrease in Asian patients
and in patients with higher baseline blood pressure values.
Conclusion: The global effect of phytoestrogens seems of small amount in reducing blood
pressure. Nevertheless, it has not been realized a clinical trials about the efficacy of these products in
no mild hypertensive patients, similar to real life.

Introduction and Background

Soy is a legume of Asian origin that contains 2 main components,
phytoestrogens (PHE) and soy protein (SP), whose beneficial effects
on the cardiovascular system (among other) have been studied over
the last 30 years. It has been described its benefits to improve lipid
and glycemic profiles, as well as to reduce the harmful effects of
cardiovascular (CV) risk factors. Other benefits attributed to soy and
its derivate (PHE and SP) are: reduce the symptoms associated with
menopause, osteoporosis fractures and progression of metastatic
cancers (prostate, breast, lung, stomach, etc).
It has been suggested that PHE may have utility in the control of
arterial hypertension. This disease affects 1000 millions of people all
around the world and is a modifiable cardiovascular risk factor [1].
Its prevalence in adults is elevated (26,4%) [2], with an improbable
control [3]. An increase of BP (20/10 mmHg) is associated with
doubling the risk of CV disease, and on the other side, reductions
of 4-5/2-3 mmHg are associated with lower risk of CV disease [4,5].
Adecuate dietary intervention with proper medical therapy are
important in controlling blood pressure (BP) according to American
Heart Association (AHA) and the Seventh Report of the Joint
National Committee (JNC 7) [4,6].
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended
intake of 25 g of SP [7], to leverage its cardio protective effects, which
could be related to its agonist action on estrogenic receptor. The
main described PHE are isoflavones (IF) and their active principles
daidzein and genistein. They could produce arterial vasodilatation,
improvement of endothelial function and decrease of BP in animals,
all these effects mediated by nitric oxide mechanisms [8]. Previous
clinical trials and meta-analysis [9-11], have previously shown
inconsistent results: results without statistical significance or with

little clinical impact [9], statistically significant reduction of systolic

BP (SBP) [10], or statistically significant reduction of SBP and
diastolic BP (DBP) [11]; these differences could be due to the different
trials included in the numerical analysis, and different aspects of it
(length of intervention, parallel vs cross-over design, amount of used
active principle IF or SP-, etc).
To clarify the usefulness of PHE in reducing BP, we performed
a new systematic review and meta-analysis. It has been considered
this time aspects such as: age of participants, the fact that BP is or
isnt- the primary outcome in the design of the study, country, etc. In
addition, several metaregresions have been performed to assess the
mathematical relationship between BP reduction achieved and the
initial BP, the dose of active principles, etc.

Material and Methods

Our systematic review is aimed at randomized clinical trials
involving adult patients (older than 18 years), hypertensive and nonhypertensive, and the main objective of the study were controlling
BP, cholesterol and other lipids levels, symptoms associated with
menopause, osteoporosis, diabetes mellitus (including chronic
complications), metastatic breast and lung cancer, etc.
The intervention in these studies was the addition of PHE, in
capsule form or dietary supplement. The estimated IF (mg) or SP (g)
daily amount was noted. The control treatment was placebo or an
inactive derivate (milk protein, casseinate, etc). The measured result
was the decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure during the
study period.
This systematic review was registered on the web PROSPERO.
We have also made searching several databases such as PubMed,
Embase, ClinicalTrials.gov, Trip Database and CENTRAL data

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base of Cochrane collaboration. The search strategy PUBMED

was: Phytoestrogens (Mesh) OR Isoflavones(Mesh) OR Soy
Foods(Mesh) OR Soybeans(Mesh) OR daidzein (Supplementary
concept); filters: Clinical Trial Phase III; Clinical Trial Phase IV;
Systematic Reviews; Humans. We obtained 197 studies (clinical trials
and meta-analysis). The other search strategies were similar (Table
A, Appendix).
We also looked for systematic reviews and meta-analysis reviews
obtained through searches in PUBMED and Trip Database, although
the primary outcome may or may not be the control of BP. We
have not included in this search works published only in Chinese or
Japanese language.
The analysis of the original works and data collection was carried
out by pairs (MAG and MAR); in case of differences of opinion, the
point of view of a third researcher (LPL) was required. The manuscript
was translated into English by another researcher (AMC). The final
review of the work was done by the four authors.
We have made an estimation of decrease in systolic and diastolic
BP between the end of the active period and the initial moment. In
all studies assessed, it has been measured BP at the start and at the
end of intervention, in each treatment arm. The variables retrieved
from the original work has been the variation of BP and standard
deviation (SD). In those works where these data are described,
they are incorporated directly into the estimation; in those works
that didnt include these data, calculations are made as described
in Appendix. We performed a meta-analysis with a weighted mean
difference according to the random effects model (Der Simonian
and Laird) assessing the possible statistical heterogeneity between
estimated effect in the included studies.
Study quality was estimated by Jadads scale [12], and with the
risk of bias tool of the Cochrane collaboration. Finally, we have
considered the Impact Factor of the journal where the work was
published.
We valued the presence of publication bias using the funnel plot,
and calculating the number of unpublished studies (Glesser-Olkin
method). The presence of statistical heterogeneity was assessed using
the Cochran - Q index and I 2 index. Finally we assessed the effect
of small studies in the overall estimate with the Eggers graphical
method.
Statistical calculators and graphics were performed by STATA
v.14 and REVMAN v.5.3 (Cochrane collaboration).

Results
Flow-chart of evaluated and excluded studies are shown in Figure
1. After removing duplicate works and leaving out systematic reviews
and observational studies, we finally left 346 clinical trials. Most of
them (246) were not included because no BP was measured in them.
Finally our work includes 100 clinical trials, and 71 were included in
the mathematical elaboration (meta-analysis).
The characteristics of included studies are shown in Table B
(Appendix). The average age of included patients is between 5065 years; patients are probably non-hypertensive (some works are

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Figure 1: Flow-chart describing included studies on our work.SS.

planned in pre-hypertensive and grade 1 hypertensive patients,

hypertensive patients are excluded in other works, and information
about inclusion of hypertensive patients is absent in other jobs);
and there are a greater percentage of included women in these
works (with a high proportion of postmenopausal and non-taking
hormone replacement therapy women). Active treatments are PHE
administered in capsules, sachets or simply dietary recommendations.
Control treatments were either placebo or probably inactive
principles (milk protein, casein). The duration of intervention was
variable, from 4 weeks to 2 years. The primary outcome of a lot of
studies was not the reduction of BP, but variations in lipid profile or
menopausal symptoms.
The methodological quality of included studies, or their risk
of bias, is summarized en Figure 2. Most of them are described as
double blind and randomized, although the description of blinding
or randomizing methods is usually insufficient. 55 works (75%) have
been conducted in western countries (22 USA, 11 Australia, 9 Italia,
etc), and the remaining 16 in Asian countries (7 Iran, 5 China, 2
Japan, etc).
There is no numeric data of decrease of BP in 25 studies (references
included in Appendix #7, 17, 18, 20, 29, 34, 35, 37, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49,
51, 62, 63, 69, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 84, 91 and 93); most of them show
results that are not statistically significant. In others, even though
the measurement of BP is mentioned in their Method section, this

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Figure 2: Risk of bias graph: review authors judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies.

is not included in the Results section; and one study (# 99) divided
the data in 2 groups, equal producers and non-producers, a situation
that does not allow an appropriate mathematical operation. Other 4
studies (references #25, 72, 86 and 97) expressed results with trend to
greater reduction of BP with PHE, but with impossible mathematical
management. We finally have processable numerical results from 71
studies, and with these meta-analysis was performed.
Figure 3 shows the global evaluation of the achieved reduction in
systolic BP (SBP) comparing active treatment with the control arm.
The found difference is statistically significant (-0,15 mmHg SBP
drop, CI 95% from -0,24 to -0,05) but lacks clinical impact. The high
value of Q (p< 0,00001) and I2 (65%) agree with the presence of a
high degree of statistical heterogeneity. Sensitivity analyses including
studies that were primarily aimed (Figure 4) at control of BP shows
similar results. Finally, the isolated analysis of works that provides BP
SSdifference and SD (Figure A, Appendix) shows, as in the previous
cases, results of limited clinical relevance. We found similar results
in the evaluation of reduction in diastolic BP (DBP) in the global
evaluation (Figure B), in the sensitivity analysis of primary directed to
BP control studies (Figure C) and in the evaluation of studies which
show difference of DBP and SD (Figure D, Appendix). Findings
with DBP decrease are similar to those described with SBP; we have
presented results in relation with SBP decrease.
The graphical representation of possible publication bias is shown
in Figure 5. It can be seen in the funnel plot that a majority distribution
of studies are around the mean estimation; the point of 4 papers are
relatively far from the central point cloud, with estimations that show
greater reductions in systolic BP (between -2,6 and -1,5 mmHg); on
the other hand, no works were seen with similar estimations on the
other side of the point cloud. Instead, calculating unpublished studies
by the method of Glesser Olkin (Table C, Appendix) shows a negative
result (i.e., probably there is no non-identified study to discover).
Figure E (Appendix) shows a weighted line of effects in large and
small studies, suggesting that there is not an effect of small studies.

Figure 3: Forest plot of systolic blood pressure decrease of all studies included
in the meta-analysis.

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The BP lowering observed in works of greater and lesser quality

are similar, with similar effects regardless of the quality of study
(evaluated by Jadads scale [12], comparing 2 subgroups (>= 3 points
better quality- vs < 3 points bad quality-)(Figure F, Appendix)
and with meta-regression (Figure G, Appendix). There is also no

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SBP decrease
%
author

year

SMD (95% CI)

Weight

Appel

2005

-0.14 (-0.36, 0.07)

11.48

Burke

2001

-0.48 (-1.42, 0.46)

3.29

He

2005

-0.46 (-0.69, -0.23)

11.30

He

2011

-0.47 (-0.76, -0.17)

10.24

Liu

2013

-0.33 (-0.69, 0.03)

9.20

Liu

2015

0.03 (-0.26, 0.32)

10.30

Meyer

2004

-0.07 (-0.65, 0.51)

6.18

Miragharani

2013

-0.54 (-1.06, -0.01)

6.83

Rivas

2002

-1.86 (-2.61, -1.12)

4.53

Sagara

2003

-0.32 (-0.88, 0.23)

6.41

Teede

2001

-0.36 (-0.65, -0.06)

10.25

Teede

2003

0.19 (-0.12, 0.50)

10.00

-0.32 (-0.52, -0.13)

100.00

Overall (I-squared = 70.7%, p = 0.000)

NOTE: Weights are from random effects analysis
-2

-1

Weighted mean difference

Figure 4: Forest plot of systolic blood pressure decrease of studies whose

primary outcome was decrease of blood pressure.

Studies
p < 1%
1% < p < 5%

.1

5% < p < 10%

Standard error

p > 10%

.2

.3

.4

.5

-3

-2

-1
SBP decrease (mmHg)

Figure 5: Funnel plot of included studies in the meta-analysis.

difference in comparison of parallel vs cross-over studies (Figure H,

Appendix).
A slight difference in effect is seen in Asian countries (SBP -0,40
mmHg, CI 95% -0,66 to -0,14) compared with western countries
(SBP -0,08 mmHg, CI 95% -0,17 to 0,01) (Figure 6). This difference is
statistically significant but seems not clinically relevant.
Metaregression assessment by the amount of active principle
administered shows inconclusive results (Figures I and J, Appendix).
The slope of the regression line is substantially horizontal in both
groups, suggesting that the limited achieved effect is independent
of the amount of administered IF / SP. There is also no relationship
between BP lowering achieved with the length of treatment (Figure
K, Appendix).
The observed SBP decline is slightly higher in patients with higher
initial systolic BP values (Figure 7), although this decrease is again
neither statistically significant nor clinically relevant (additional
decrease of 0,5 mmHg comparing basal BP of 150-160 mmHg

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vs 100-110 mmHg). There is also no decrease in SBP according to

the proportion of included women in the study, the mean age of
included population, or Impact Factor of the journal where the work
was published (Figures L, M and N, Appendix). Additional data are
included in Table E (Appendix).

Discusion
The results of our work are simple, and point in the same direction
of our previous work [8]. Treatment with PHE achieved a not
clinically important lowering of systolic and diastolic BP, even with
higher amount of active principle and longer period of treatment.
This is the same result found with studies were the primary outcome
was BP. No difference was found even if we consider patients age
and gender, type of study (parallel or cross-over) or methodological
quality.
We can consider PHE /soy derivatives as pharmaconutrients,
i.e., elements with nutritional characteristics and beneficial
pharmacological properties. With this pharmacological aspect, it
seems therefore important the administered dose and length of
treatment. It would be logical that with a greater amount or duration
of treatment, greater reduction in BP is achieved. However, this Figure
is not observed in our study, because (perhaps) there is a little overall
reduction in BP. Other works describe that commercial preparations
often contain a mixture of ingredients of unknown concentrations
[13,14], there can be genetic differences, as equal producers
seem to present a more positive response to PHE intervention in
treating perimenopausal symptoms [15] and probably in treating
hypertension; differences have been reported in the prevalence of
equol producer phenotype among different ethnicities, with higher
prevalence in soy consuming Asian than in western populations
[16], it is probably related to years of adaptation of Asians to soy,
and by supposed beneficial effects of soy, should not be extrapolated
to whites and other ethnicities who historically had no contact with
soy [13]. By last, soy consumption per capita, according to United
Nations Organization (ONU) data, is < 1 g/day in most European or
North American countries, except vegetarians or Asian immigrants
[17], it is found that soy consumption in Asian countries is 20-50
g/day [18] and increased consumption of PHE is associated with
higher circulating levels of phytoestrogens and their metabolites.
Several observational studies developed in Japan, with higher intake
of PHE, show less cardiovascular and tumoral disorders [19,20], but
the answer to this question may be in the lifestyle, and not only in the
intake of these products.
Certainly, our work has limitations. Included patients have little
co-morbidity, and frequently are no defined as hypertensive or nonhypertensive. Despite the huge efforts made to find most clinical
trials, it is very difficult to exclude the existence of works focused on
hypertensive patients or with significant co-morbidities. The absence
of numeric results in 29 studies (mostly with commentaries as not
significant differences), and the potencial presence of reporting bias
(BP measured but not registered) make it less likely that taking PHE
is associated with decrease in BP. The decision of not including (by
language difficulty) original Chinese or Japanese works can take away
the option of a more positive effect (in these countries there seems to

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SBP decrease
%
year

SMD (95% CI)

Weight

Allison

2003

-0.15 (-0.54, 0.24)

1.67

Anderson

2005

0.19 (-0.23, 0.61)

1.61

Anderson

2007

-0.15 (-0.75, 0.45)

1.20

Appel

2005

-0.14 (-0.36, 0.07)

2.10

Atkinson

2004

-0.22 (-0.52, 0.07)

1.91

Aubertin

2008

-0.41 (-1.05, 0.22)

1.12

Beavers

2015

0.64 (-0.18, 1.47)

0.83

Burke

2001

-0.48 (-1.42, 0.46)

0.69

Cancellieri

2007

-0.27 (-0.63, 0.08)

1.77

Casiglia

1991

-0.28 (-0.75, 0.20)

1.46

Chiechi

2002

-0.08 (-0.58, 0.42)

1.41

Clifton

2015

0.52 (0.11, 0.93)

1.64

Colacurci

2005

-0.43 (-0.96, 0.09)

1.35

Colado

2010

0.29 (-0.43, 1.01)

0.98

Cuevas

2003

0.00 (-0.65, 0.65)

1.09

Curtis

2012

0.04 (-0.36, 0.45)

1.63

Dodin

2005

-0.24 (-0.54, 0.05)

1.92

Evans

2007

0.25 (-0.35, 0.84)

1.21

Garrido

2006

0.28 (-0.45, 1.02)

0.96

Gleason

2009

-0.50 (-1.23, 0.22)

0.97

Gonzlez

2007

-1.46 (-2.08, -0.85)

1.17

Guevara

2012

-0.08 (-0.56, 0.40)

1.46

Hallund-Bugel

2006

0.33 (-0.18, 0.84)

1.39

Han

2002

0.00 (-0.44, 0.44)

1.55

He

2011

-0.47 (-0.76, -0.17)

1.92

Heger

2006

-0.42 (-0.80, -0.04)

1.70

Hermansen

2001

0.11 (-0.51, 0.73)

1.16

Hermansen

2005

0.12 (-0.30, 0.54)

1.61

Hidalgo

2005

0.15 (-0.23, 0.53)

1.70

Jayagopal

2002

-0.28 (-0.77, 0.21)

1.43

Jenkins

1999

0.13 (-0.37, 0.63)

1.41

Jenkins

2000

-0.17 (-0.73, 0.38)

1.29

Jenkins

2002

0.06 (-0.38, 0.50)

1.55

Jorissen

2002

0.43 (-0.02, 0.87)

1.54

Katz

2007

0.13 (-0.46, 0.72)

1.21

Khaodhian

2008

-0.14 (-0.54, 0.27)

1.64

Kreijkamp

2005

0.24 (-0.04, 0.52)

1.96

Kurowska

1997

0.31 (-0.17, 0.79)

1.46

Llaneza

2010

0.07 (-0.35, 0.48)

1.62

Lukaczer

2006

-0.28 (-0.89, 0.33)

1.18

Meyer

2004

-0.07 (-0.65, 0.51)

1.24

Puska

2004

0.09 (-0.26, 0.45)

1.77

Rivas

2002

-1.86 (-2.61, -1.12)

0.94

Sagara

2003

-0.32 (-0.88, 0.23)

1.28

Santo

2008

-0.18 (-1.08, 0.72)

0.73

Sathyapalan

2011

-0.22 (-0.77, 0.33)

1.29

Simons

2000

-0.06 (-0.68, 0.56)

1.16

Squadrito

2002

-0.31 (-0.82, 0.20)

1.39

Teede

2001

-0.36 (-0.65, -0.06)

1.92

Teede

2003

0.19 (-0.12, 0.50)

1.88

Teede

2006

-0.08 (-0.52, 0.37)

1.53

vanNielen

2014

0.19 (-0.52, 0.91)

0.98

Vigna

2000

0.29 (-0.16, 0.74)

1.53

Washburn

1999

-0.08 (-0.47, 0.31)

1.68

Wong-Taylor

2012

0.23 (-0.58, 1.03)

0.86

-0.08 (-0.17, 0.01)

77.62

author
occidental

Subtotal (I-squared = 51.2%, p = 0.000)

.
asia
Azadbakht

2007

0.18 (-0.24, 0.61)

1.58

Azadbakht

2009

-1.49 (-2.34, -0.65)

0.80

Azadbakht

2011

-0.65 (-1.24, -0.05)

1.21

Bakhtiary

2012

-2.58 (-3.34, -1.82)

0.92

Brussaard

1981

0.08 (-0.48, 0.64)

1.28

He

2005

-0.46 (-0.69, -0.23)

2.08

Husain

2015

-0.52 (-1.03, -0.01)

1.38

Kwak

2012

-0.57 (-1.07, -0.07)

1.40

Liao

2007

0.14 (-0.37, 0.65)

1.39

Liu

2013

-0.33 (-0.69, 0.03)

1.75

Liu

2015

0.03 (-0.26, 0.32)

1.92

Miragharani

2013

-0.54 (-1.06, -0.01)

1.35

Takahira

2011

-0.20 (-0.79, 0.39)

1.21

Uesugi

2004

-0.73 (-1.10, -0.35)

1.71

Wong

2010

0.14 (-0.43, 0.72)

1.24

Yildiz

2005

0.30 (-0.33, 0.92)

1.15

-0.40 (-0.66, -0.14)

22.38

-0.15 (-0.24, -0.05)

100.00

Subtotal (I-squared = 79.5%, p = 0.000)

.
Overall (I-squared = 65.1%, p = 0.000)
NOTE: Weights are from random effects analysis

-2

-1

Weighted mean difference

Figure 6: Sensitivity analysis of studies developed in western vs Asian
countries.

be a higher effect). The net effect of these opposite limitations seems

to be neutral. Also, mathematical calculation of standard deviation
(SD) could not be totally correct; given the absence of data in original
studies, it was decided to make this approach; nevertheless, the
estimated mean difference seems correct (not biased), and maybe it is
just an erroneous approach of the dispersion (SD) of that value; either
way, the sensitivity analysis including only works that shows these
values (difference in BP and SD) gives similar results.
In a literature review [21], the ability of PHE to reduce BP is showed
-in this work authors do not show any trial without BP declining, as
we show in our work-. However, with a less comprehensive obtaining
of studies, they suggest the concept that soy supplement may be
beneficial during the development but not in established phases of
hypertension [21]. Our review shows that PHE does not seem very
effective in pre-hypertension or mild hypertension. In view of this
reflection and our results, clinical trials with more real patients
(higher degree, 2-3, of hypertension; or patients with comorbidities)
must be carried out.

Conclussions
Treatment with PHE gets slight decreases of systolic and diastolic
BP, with limited clinical impact. With these findings, we cannot
make a recommendation of taking PHE as categorical as in the
late twentieth century. It seems to be greater BP decrease in Asian
populations compared with western groups, and in patients with
greater baseline BP values.

Acknowledgement
Our gratitude to Manuel Arranz, from Library of the Valencian
School of Health Studies (EVES) for his unvaluable help with
the strategy search; to Rosario Garca, librarian of the Faculty of
Medicine at the University of Valencia, Jaime Fragoso de Castro
(Glaxo), Victoria Ferragut (Pfizer) and Pilar Snchez (Astra-Zeneca)
by their help in searching works; to Dr Joaquin Primo, from Hospital
de Sagunto, by the use of his Excel spreadsheet (available at www.
redcaspe.org); and finally to Josep Mara Domenech, Robert Sesma
y Abel Manzanera, from Laboratory of Stadistics in Universitat
Autnoma de Barcelona (www.metodo.uab.cat) by their help and
their theaching in Stadistics.

WE KNEW BEFORE

- Soy derivatives have pleiotropic and protective cardiovascular

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properties.

- AHA recommended their intake, based on these healthy

properties.

WMD -1

WE KNOW NOW (WITH OUR WORK)

- Soy derivatives intake gets blood pressure decrease that is

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statistically significant but not clinically important.

- Blood pressure decrease is higher in Asian populations and in

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100

120

basal SBP (mmHg)

140

160

patients with higher baseline levels of blood pressure.

IN THE FUTURE
Figure 7: Scatter plot and regression line to evaluate relationship between
systolic blood pressure decrease and initial systolic blood pressure.

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- Meta-analysis can be completed including articles originally

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published in Chinese and Japanese.

It is important to conduct clinical trials of utility of phytoestrogens
in hypertensive patients, not only prehypertensive or mild
hypertensive ones.

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Citation: Garcia Garcia MA, Arenas R, Martinez CA, Perez LL (2016) Usefulness of Phytoestrogens in Treatment of Arterial Hypertension. Systematic
Review and Meta-Analysis. Arch Clin Hypertens 1(2): 029-034.