Dietary salt and hypertension.
Sodium restriction is the most commonly used lifestyle modification for control of hypertension. Nevertheless, there is no consensus on the relative importance of salt in the development of hypertension, nor is the physiological mechanism(s) responsible for salt-induced elevations of blood pressure clearly understood. This review focuses on new research developments in this area.
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Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201, USA.
McCarron
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D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012982:Sodium, Dietary / Q000009:adverse effects*
D012982:Sodium, Dietary