Self-Performed Dietary Sodium Reduction and Blood Pressure in Patients With Essential Hypertension: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypertension is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease worldwide. Patients with blood pressure (BP) response to dietary sodium reduction are referred to as "salt sensitive." Salt sensitivity (SS) might be due to differences in sodium storage capacity and the erythrocyte SS examines this capacity of the red blood cells. This study aimed to test the effect of a self-performed sodium reduced diet on BP in patients with essential hypertension and examine whether erythrocyte SS predicts SS.

Methods and results

Seventy-two patients with hypertension were included and randomized 2:1 to either sodium reduction or a control group for 4 weeks. Blood samples, 24-hour BP measurement, and 24-hour urine collection were performed before and after. The intervention gr

SUBMITTER: Duus CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11255768 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature