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Supplement: Proceedings of the Third International Scientific Symposium on Tea and Human Health

Tea Consumption and Cardiovascular Disease: Effects on Endothelial Function^1,2

Evans Department of Medicine and Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

³To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jvita{at}bu.edu.

Epidemiological studies suggest that tea consumption is associated with reduced cardiovascular disease risk, but the mechanisms for these observations have remained uncertain. In recent years, it has become apparent that the endothelium plays a central role in the regulation of vascular homeostasis and that endothelial dysfunction contributes to the pathogenesis and clinical expression of cardiovascular disease. This article reviews the evidence that human tea consumption has a beneficial effect on the vascular endothelium and the clinical implications of these findings.

KEY WORDS: • tea • endothelium • coronary artery disease

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