title: Sodium and blood pressure: the puzzling results of intrapopulation epidemiologic studies.
abstract: Most intrapopulation epidemiologic studies have been unable to find a significant association between sodium intake and blood pressure. The researchers have offered 2 opposing explanations: the hypothesis of the genetic susceptibility to sodium and the hypothesis of a weak association in general population. The evidence for and against each hypothesis is reviewed. The direction of future research is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Psaty
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D012982:Sodium, Dietary
chemical_list: D012982:Sodium, Dietary