Predictors of the Short-Term Effect of Isoleucine–Proline–Proline/Valine–Proline–Proline Lactotripeptides from Casein on Office and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Subjects with Pharmacologically Untreated High-Normal Blood Pressure or First-Degree Hypertension

Abstract

Our aim was to evaluate the predictors of Isoleucine–Proline–Proline/Valine–Proline–Proline (IPP–VPP) lactotripeptides (LTPs) antihypertensive effect in the context of a short-term large double-blind randomized clinical trial involving 164 pharmacologically untreated subjects in primary prevention for cardiovascular disease. When compared with the baseline, office systolic blood pressure (SBP) (−3.42 mm Hg, P < .001) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (−2.35 mm Hg, P < .001) significantly decreased, in the LTP-treated patients only. No significant change in predictors during the study of ambulatory blood pressure measurement (ABPM) parameters was observed. A short-term supplementation with LTPs significantly improves the office SBP and DBP, especially in male subjects. The main predictor of LTP antihypertensive effect was the baseline BP.

• ABPM
• blood pressure
• lactotripeptides
• predictors