title: Nutrition and blood pressure among elderly men and women (Dutch Nutrition Surveillance System).
abstract: Associations between blood pressure and nutrition-related variables (body mass index, dietary intake, and 24-hr excretion of sodium, potassium, magnesium, and calcium in the urine) were investigated in men (n = 138) and women (n = 117) 65-79 years old not using drugs known to affect blood pressure and not on a diet. Among men, body mass index was positively and creatinine clearance was inversely associated with systolic blood pressure, whereas body mass index and urinary sodium:potassium ratio were positively associated with diastolic blood pressure. Among women, both age and urinary calcium:creatinine ratio were positively associated with systolic as well as diastolic blood pressure. Coffee consumption was positively correlated with blood pressure and urinary calcium:creatinine ratio among the women. From the results it appears that, besides "normal" weight, increased potassium intake and urinary excretion may exert a protective effect among elderly men against hypertension when sodium exposure is relatively high. The positive association between urinary calcium:creatinine ratio and blood pressure among the women may be partly due to coffee consumption.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Nutrition, TNO-CIVO Toxicology and Nutrition Institute, Zeist, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Löwik
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hofman
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Kok
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wedel
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Hulshof
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Odink
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schaafsma
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002118:Calcium / Q000652:urine; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008274:Magnesium / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011188:Potassium / Q000652:urine; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012964:Sodium / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D012964:Sodium; D003404:Creatinine; D008274:Magnesium; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium