In 45 postmenopausal women over 8 weeks, endurance exercise combined with curcumin lowered aortic systolic blood pressure and arterial stiffness more than either alone.
Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 45 women · 8 weeks · 2012PostmenopausalCited 82 timesPubMed
Overweight postmenopausal women who walked three times weekly for 12 weeks with or without an EGCG supplement showed reduced waist circumference and body fat, with no difference between supplement and placebo.
Direction not statedRandomised trial · 38 women · 12 weeks · 2007PostmenopausalCited 95 timesPubMed
In 43 postmenopausal women, 8 weeks of aerobic exercise combined with lactotripeptide supplementation improved blood vessel dilation more than either exercise or supplement alone.
Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 43 women · 8 weeks · 2010PostmenopausalCited 59 timesPubMed
In obese postmenopausal women, 8 weeks of whole-body vibration combined with l-citrulline supplementation reduced blood pressure wave reflection more than supplement alone.
Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 41 women · 8 weeks · 2016PostmenopausalCited 48 timesPubMed
Obese postmenopausal women with high blood pressure did 8 weeks of whole-body vibration training with or without L-citrulline, and vibration training increased leg strength and lowered leg artery stiffness.
Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 41 women · 8 weeks · 2015PostmenopausalCited 48 timesPubMed
Early postmenopausal women did periodized high intensity resistance and impact exercise for a year, and spine bone density was maintained versus a significant decline in the non-exercise control group.
No difference foundRandomised trial · 128 women · 52 weeks · 2010Early postmenopausalCited 30 timesPubMed
In 14 inactive postmenopausal women with hypertension, beetroot juice before aerobic exercise lowered post-exercise blood pressure and improved vascular dilation more than placebo over one week.
Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 14 women · 1 weeks · 2024PostmenopausalCited 20 timesPubMed
Overweight postmenopausal women did 16 weeks of resistance training with or without DHA supplementation, with training maintaining bone mineral content, increasing lean mass and strength, and improving glucose tolerance.
Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 16 weeks · 2021PostmenopausalCited 36 timesPubMed
Hypertensive postmenopausal women did a single 40-minute treadmill session with beetroot juice, placebo juice, or a drink; blood pressure fell similarly after exercise regardless of beverage.
Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 13 women · 2019PostmenopausalCited 16 timesPubMed
In middle-aged hypertensive women, 3 weeks of green tea extract did not change blood pressure or heart rate after resistance exercise but was linked to lower mean arterial pressure during recovery.
Mixed resultsRandomised trial · 24 women · 3 weeks · 2014Midlife womenCited 15 timesPubMed
After 6 months of combined aerobic and resistance exercise, postmenopausal women taking phytoestrogens showed greater reductions in weight, fat mass and blood pressure than those on placebo.
Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 21 women · 26 weeks · 2010PostmenopausalCited 17 timesPubMed
Sixteen normotensive postmenopausal women did 30 minutes of aerobic exercise with or without l-arginine, and exercise alone lowered systolic blood pressure over 24 hours without changing inflammatory markers.
Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 16 women · 2016PostmenopausalCited 12 timesPubMed
Ten hypertensive postmenopausal women did handgrip exercise with dietary nitrate or placebo, and blood pressure during exercise did not differ between conditions, though forearm blood flow was lower with nitrate.
No difference foundRandomised trial · 10 women · 2019PostmenopausalCited 11 timesPubMed
Postmenopausal women did a single session of high or moderate intensity exercise with beetroot juice nitrate supplement, and high intensity exercise plus nitrate improved blood vessel dilation more than control.
Direction not statedRandomised trial · 24 women · 2023PostmenopausalCited 8 timesPubMed
In healthy older women, 8 weeks of resistance training combined with fish oil increased handgrip strength and lowered blood pressure and inflammatory markers more than resistance training with placebo.
Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 20 women · 8 weeks · 2023PostmenopausalCited 8 timesPubMed
In 26 postmenopausal women, 8 weeks of combined exercise with ursolic acid supplementation raised handgrip strength more than exercise with placebo, but waist circumference and other outcomes did not differ.
No difference foundRandomised trial · 26 women · 8 weeks · 2021PostmenopausalCited 6 timesPubMed
Non-obese postmenopausal women did 10 weeks of combined aerobic and resistance training; blood pressure fell with exercise, with no added benefit from isoflavone supplementation.
Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 38 women · 10 weeks · 2020PostmenopausalCited 4 timesPubMed
In 15 hypertensive postmenopausal women, citrulline before plantarflexion exercise with cold stress reduced the rise in aortic systolic blood pressure compared with placebo.
Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 15 women · 2022PostmenopausalCited 4 timesPubMed
Older postmenopausal women did elastic band resistance training with or without seawater supplement for 32 weeks, and both groups reported lower systolic blood pressure, with inflammation reduced in the seawater group.
Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 93 women · 32 weeks · 2024PostmenopausalCited 2 timesPubMed
In 12 postmenopausal women, acute dietary nitrate before handgrip exercise reduced blood pressure at rest and during exercise without changing blood flow, compared to a placebo drink.
Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 12 women · 2024PostmenopausalCited 3 timesPubMed
This review reports that combining L-citrulline supplementation with structured exercise may reduce arterial stiffness and increase leg muscle strength and lean mass in postmenopausal women.
Reported an improvementOther · 2026PostmenopausalPubMed