title: [State of taste sensitivity to table salt in male workers with high blood pressure and in normotensive ones].
abstract: The article covers data on studies of sensitivity to common salt in machinery construction workers of Moscow suburb, to reveal individuals prone to arterial hypertension. Increased threshold of sensitivity to common salt was seen in 52.6% of the workers observed by occupational therapists as having arterial hypertension, among the normotensive workers the increased threshold was seen only in 18%. Being noninvasive and simple, the method detecting sensitivity to common salt, that obtained data in examination of workers exposed to occupational hazards and having increased or normal blood pressure, is recommended as a screening tool to identify workers prone to arterial hypertension. The workers with increased threshold of sensitivity to common salt are advised to reduce salt in diet.
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Liubchenko
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Atamanchuk
mesh_terms: D062186:Arterial Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008669:Metallurgy; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012426:Russia; D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013652:Taste Threshold / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary