Fermented milk for hypertension
Appendices
Appendix 1. MEDLINE search strategy
Database: Ovid MEDLINE(R)
Search strategy:
1 milk/ (35619)
2 cultured milk products/ (262)
3 exp lactobacillaceae/ (14206)
4 (yogourt or yogurt or yoghurt or kefir or buttermilk or lactobacill$ or lactococc$ or leuconost$ or casein or lactotripeptid$).tw. (34028)
5 lactic acid bacter$.tw. (3504)
6 ((milk or dairy or cheese$ or cream$) adj2 (ferment$ or cultur$ or product$ or sour$ or protein$)).tw. (15482)
7 or/1‐6 (79758)
8 randomized controlled trial.pt. (271343)
9 controlled clinical trial.pt. (79248)
10 random$.tw. (443250)
11 placebo$.mp. (129162)
12 trial.tw. (228897)
13 groups.ab. (905660)
14 (doubl$ adj3 blind$).tw. (89505)
15 or/8‐13 (1445761)
16 animals/ not (humans/ and animals/) (3284056)
17 15 not 16 (1172642)
18 7 and 17 (5615)
19 limit 18 to yr="2005 ‐ 2009" (1684)
Appendix 2. Trial selection form
| Study ID | Report ID | Citation and contact details | Review author ID and date | |
| yes | unclear | no | notes | |
| 1. Is the study randomised? | ||||
| 2. Age of the participants above 18? | ||||
| 3. Is the intervention product milk proteins adapted with lactic acid bacteria? | ||||
| 4. Is the product given orally, minimum once daily? | ||||
| 5. Is the intervention period 4 weeks or more? | ||||
| 6. Is the BP measured at baseline and at the end of intervention? | ||||
| Final decision | ||||
