Reduced salt intake lowers blood pressure and urinary protein in black patients with hypertension
Pippa Murdie
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Black ethnic groups are more susceptible to high blood pressure than other populations and are consequently at increased risk of stroke, heart failure and kidney disease. Salt intake is known to be associated with high blood pressure and cardiovascular events, and recent studies have implicated PROTEINURIA as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular mortality. Swift et al. carried out the first double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study in a small group of black, nondiabetic patients with hypertension but not on antihypertensive therapy, to test whether reducing salt intake could lower their blood pressure and reduce urinary protein excretion.
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