Theses and Dissertations

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Mosby, Terezie T.

Committee Member

Tidwell, Diane K.

Committee Member

Fountain, Brent J.

Date of Degree

12-14-2018

Original embargo terms

Worldwide

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Nutrition

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department

Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion

Abstract

Hypertension is the cause of about 7.5 million deaths per year, globally. More than 40% of African Americans are diagnosed with hypertension. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of walnut consumption on blood pressure in a small convenience sample of African Americans in Mississippi. Fifty subjects participated in the study. Blood pressure was measured once a week for three weeks prior to the initiation of the intervention for a baseline data of the subjects’ normal blood pressure. During the 6-week intervention, the participants consumed a package of walnuts, daily. Blood pressure was measured weekly. The results of the study indicate that there was no significant impact on systolic pressure (MD: 1.61; CI: -.979, 4.20; p=.217) or diastolic pressure (MD: .806; CI: -.905, 2.51; p=.349). Future studies should be performed with more participants, higher dose of walnuts, and a longer trial period.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/18729

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