Effect of Beetroot Juice on Reducing Hypertension in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

Exclusion Criteria

• •Inability to provide Informed Consent
• •Labile, unstable, uncontrolled hypertension and/or changes in BP treatment 28 days prior to the screening visit
• •Non-compliance with study procedures and/or daily BP measurements during the screening period
• •Medical conditions or treatments that might interfere with the generation of NO metabolites or the primary endpoint (e.g. nitrate drugs; cigarette smoking; unwilling to stop using antiseptic mouthwash; severe, uncontrolled hypercholesterolemia; pregnancy or post-partum and lactating)
• •Any serious or other medical conditions that might interfere with follow-up or stability of blood pressure (e.g. current active malignancies; uncontrolled diabetes mellitus with elevated HbA1c \> 10%)
• •Dislike of taste of beetroot juice
• •Allergy to beetroot
• •Enrolled in other clinical trials