Effect of moderate dietary sodium restriction on patients with mild hypertension in general practice.
Eighteen patients with mild hypertension in general practice restricted their sodium intake for eight weeks while taking part in a double-blind randomized crossover trial of sodium and placebo tablets. There was no difference in blood pressure between the two periods of the trial despite a substantial difference in sodium intake. Sodium restriction is not indicated in the management of patients with this degree of hypertension.
D001794:Blood Pressure; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004039:Diet, Sodium-Restricted; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation; D013997:Time Factors