Gazpacho consumption is associated with lower blood pressure and reduced hypertension in a high cardiovascular risk cohort. Cross-sectional study of the PREDIMED trial A.Medina-Remo´n a,b,c,1 ,A.Vallverdu´-Queralt a,b,c,1 , S. Arranz b,c,d,1 , E. Ros b,e,1 , M.A. Martı ´nez-Gonza ´lez c,f,1 , E. Sacanella b,d,1 , M.I. Covas b,g,1 , D. Corella b,h,1 ,J.Salas-Salvado´ b,i,1 ,E.Go´mez-Gracia c,j,1 , V.Ruiz-Gutie´rrez c,k,1 , J. Lapetra b,l,1 , M. Garcı ´a-Valdueza b,m,1 , F. Aro ´s n,1 , G.T. Saez c,o,1 , L. Serra-Majem c,p,1 , X. Pinto c,q,1 , E. Vinyoles b,r ,1 , R. Estruch b,c,d,1 , R.M. Lamuela-Raventos a,b,c, * ,1 a Nutrition and Food Science Department, XaRTA, INSA. Pharmacy School, University of Barcelona, Spain b CIBER:CB06/03 Fisiopatologı´a de la Obesidad y la Nutricio´n, CIBERobn, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain c RETICS RD06/0045, ISCIII, Spain d Department of Internal Medicine, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain e Lipid Clinic, Endocrinology and Nutrition Service, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain f Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain g Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group, IMIM-Institut de Recerca Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain h Department of Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain i Human Nutrition Unit, School of Medicine, IISPV, University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain j Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Malaga, Ma´laga, Spain k Nutrition and Lipids Metabolism, Instituto de la Grasa, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Sevilla, Spain l Department of Family Medicine, Primary Care Division of Sevilla, San Pablo Health Center, Sevilla, Spain m Institut Universitari d 0 Investigacio´en Cie`ncies de la Salut(IUNICS), Palma de Mallorca, Spain n Clinical Trials Unit, Hospital Universitario de Araba(HUA), Vitoria, Spain Acronyms: BP, blood pressure; CI, confidence interval; DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; FFQ, food frequency questionnaire; OR, Odds ratio; PREDIMED, prevention with Mediterranean diet study; SD, standard deviations; TMD, traditional Mediterranean diet. * Corresponding author. Nutrition and Food Science Department, XaRTA, INSA Pharmacy School, University of Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. Tel.: þ34 934034843; fax: þ34 934035931. E-mail address: lamuela@ub.edu (R.M. Lamuela-Raventos). 1 On behalf of the PREDIMED Study Investigators. + MODEL Please cite this article in press as: Medina-Remo ´n A, et al., Gazpacho consumption is associated with lower blood pressure and reduced hypertension in a high cardiovascular risk cohort. Cross-sectional study of the PREDIMED trial, Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases (2012), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2012.07.008 0939-4753/$ - see front matter ª 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2012.07.008 Available online at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/nmcd Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases (2012) xx,1e9