Effect of dietary sodium reduction on red blood cell sodium concentration and sodium-lithium countertransport.
A randomized, crossover trial was carried out on the effect of moderate sodium reduction on red-blood-cell sodium metabolism. The participants were healthy high school students (mean age = 16 years, n = 33). Changes in sodium-lithium countertransport and intracellular sodium concentration were evaluated 24 days after a decrease in dietary sodium from approximately 110 to 40 mEq per day. Dietary sodium restriction had no significant effect on either sodium-lithium countertransport or intracellular sodium concentration.
D000293:Adolescent; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D001794:Blood Pressure; D004039:Diet, Sodium-Restricted; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism
D008094:Lithium; D012964:Sodium