Inflammation and salt in young adults: the African-PREDICT study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Low-grade inflammation and a diet high in salt are both established risk factors for cardiovascular disease. High potassium (K⁺) intake was found to counter increase in blood pressure due to high salt intake and may potentially also have protective anti-inflammatory effects. To better understand these interactions under normal physiological conditions, we investigated the relationships between 22 inflammatory mediators with 24-h urinary K⁺ in young healthy adults stratified by low, medium and high salt intake (salt tertiles). We stratified by ethnicity due to potential salt sensitivity in black populations.

Methods

In 991 healthy black (N = 457) and white (N = 534) adults, aged 20-30 years, with complete data for 24-h urinary sodium and K^+<

SUBMITTER: Crouch SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7900065 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature