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The morning surge in blood pressure (BP) is related to the morning occurrence of lethal cardiovascular events. We tested the hypothesis that salt intake may be associated with the morning surge in BP in essential hypertension. Seventy-six patients were admitted and placed on a low salt diet (2 g/day) for 7 days followed by a high salt diet (20–23 g/day) for another 7 days. At the end of each salt diet, 24-h ambulatory BP and heart rate monitorings and head-up tilt (HUT) test were performed. Patients whose average mean BP (MBP) was increased by more than 10% by salt loading were assigned to the salt-sensitive (SS) group (n = 37); the remaining patients, whose MBP was increased by less than 10%, were assigned to the non-salt-sensitive (NSS) group (n = 39). The increase in ambulatory MBP during 6.30–8.00 am above the baseline (2.00–4.00 am) was significantly enhanced by salt loading in the NSS group (P < 0.05), but not in the ss group. the coefficient of variation of 24-h mbp and heart rate was increased by salt loading only in the nss group. the significant elevation of plasma noradrenaline concentration after awakening, which was noted during the low salt diet period, was unchanged during the high salt diet period in the nss group, but abolished in the ss group. salt loading enhanced hut-induced decrease in systolic bp without affecting the heart rate response only in the nss group. we conclude that the morning surge in bp is enhanced by salt loading in the nss type of essential hyper- tension, presumably by the excessive activation of the sympathetic nervous system.
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Osanai, T., Okuguchi, T., Kamada, T. et al. Salt-induced exacerbation of morning surge in blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension. J Hum Hypertens 14, 57–64 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1000945
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