Self‐Performed Dietary Sodium Reduction and Blood Pressure in Patients With Essential Hypertension: A Randomized Clinical Trial
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Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
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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...
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Male , Adult , hypertension , Erythrocytes , Blood Pressure , Middle Aged , Diet, Sodium-Restricted , Treatment Outcome , RC666-701 , salt sensitivity , Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system , Humans , Female , sodium reduction , Essential Hypertension , sodium , Original Research , Aged