Endothelial Function
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Human Effect Matrix
The Human Effect Matrix looks at human studies (it excludes animal and in vitro studies) to tell you what supplements affect endothelial function
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Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials |
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Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled |
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Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies |
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Uncontrolled or observational studies only |
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Level of Evidence
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The amount of high quality evidence. The more
evidence, the more we can trust the results.
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Outcome |
Magnitude of effect
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The direction and size of the supplement's impact on
each outcome. Some supplements can have an increasing effect, others have a decreasing effect, and others have no effect.
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Consistency of research results
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Scientific research does not always agree. HIGH or
VERY HIGH means that most of the scientific research agrees.
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Minor
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Very High See all 5 studies |
The effective size does not appear to be overly large, but CoQ10 is associated with a protective effect on blood flow and endothelial function in persons with otherwise impaired function.
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Minor
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Very High See all 4 studies |
There appears to be a slight increase in vascular reactivity and blood vessel responsiveness that may be independent of both blood flow alterations and blood pressure
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Minor
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Moderate See 2 studies |
Unreliable improvements in endothelial function, notably in persons with impaired glucose tolerance/type II diabetes, associated with the supposed increase in nitric oxide
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