Increase in blood pressure.

Absolute increase in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in mmHg from baseline to week 8 in spontaneously hypertensive rats fed control (CON), 3% blueberry (BB), 1% probiotic (PRO), or 3% blueberry + 1% probiotic (BB+PRO) diet; n = 8 per diet group. Data are presented as means ± SEM, with statistical analysis performed using mixed models ANOVA with post-hoc comparisons using Tukey’s adjustment. The main effect of diet on increase in SBP and DBP was not statistically significant.Asterisk (*) indicates difference compared to CON for increase in SBP at p = 0.079 when using Tukey’s adjustment for multiple comparisons (unadjusted p = 0.018) (S2 Dataset).Increase in blood pressure.