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Women with high blood pressure tend to have slightly lower mouth bacteria activity for converting nitrate to nitrite compared to women with normal blood pressure, though this difference isn't quite statistically significant.
Scientific Claim
Oral nitrate reductase activity tended to be lower in hypertensive women compared to normotensive women, with a p-value of 0.099.
Original Statement
“Oral NaR activity was not significantly different in pregnant versus non-pregnant women (p=0.991) but tended to be lower in hypertensive compared with normotensive women (p=0.099).”
Evidence Quality Assessment
Claim Status
appropriately stated
Study Design Support
Design supports claim
Appropriate Language Strength
association
Can only show association/correlation
Assessment Explanation
The study is observational and reports a trend (p=0.099) without claiming significance. The language 'tended to be lower' appropriately describes the non-significant trend.
Evidence from Studies
Supporting (1)
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Contradicting (0)
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No contradicting evidence found