Salt and hypertension: is salt dietary reduction worth the effort?
TM Frisoli, RE Schmieder, T Grodzicki… - The American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
In numerous epidemiologic, clinical, and experimental studies, dietary sodium intake has
been linked to blood pressure, and a reduction in dietary salt intake has been documented
to lower blood pressure. In young subjects, salt intake has a programming effect in that
blood pressure remains elevated even after a high salt intake has been reduced. Elderly
subjects, African Americans, and obese patients are more sensitive to the blood pressure-
lowering effects of a decreased salt intake. Depending on the baseline blood pressure and …
been linked to blood pressure, and a reduction in dietary salt intake has been documented
to lower blood pressure. In young subjects, salt intake has a programming effect in that
blood pressure remains elevated even after a high salt intake has been reduced. Elderly
subjects, African Americans, and obese patients are more sensitive to the blood pressure-
lowering effects of a decreased salt intake. Depending on the baseline blood pressure and …