[Intake of dietary fiber, sodium, potassium, and calcium and its relation with arterial blood pressure in normotensive adult men].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the effect of dietary fiber, energy, sodium, calcium and potassium intake on the blood pressure of a group of normotensive adults.


METHODS
Subjects were 38 healthy normotensive adult males aged 30-45 years, resident of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Blood pressure, diet, anthropometric data and physical activity were recorded.


RESULTS
Their diet was high in fiber and fat. Sodium intake was 56% above the recommended values in 87% of the subjects, and the variable with the highest correlation to diastolic blood pressure. Of the subjects, 36.9% were overweight and obese, and a significant statistic association was found between BMI and diastolic and systolic blood pressure.


CONCLUSIONS
A significant relationship was found between hypertension and high consumption of sodium, overweight and obesity in healthy adult normotensive males.
Ballesteros-Vásquez
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Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C., Hermosillo, Sonora, México.
Cabrera-Pacheco
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Saucedo-Tamayo
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Grijalva-Haro
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D000328:Adult; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D017419:Potassium, Dietary; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012982:Sodium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage
D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D017419:Potassium, Dietary; D012982:Sodium, Dietary