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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the long-term compliance with salt restriction in Japanese hypertensive patients. Subjects included 389 patients, 230 women and 159 men, mean age 58±11 years, who underwent successful 24-h home urine collection more than three times over an interval of a year. Urinary salt, potassium, and creatinine were measured. Additionally, family history, habitual alcohol intake, smoking habit, physical activities, and job status were assessed by use of a questionnaire. During the follow-up period (average 3.5 years), participants underwent urine collection 4.6 times in average. Urinary salt excretion at the last visit was significantly lower than that at the first visit (8.7±3.4 vs. 9.6±4.1 g/day; p<0.01). Urinary potassium excretion also decreased significantly during this period (from 2.0±0.7 to 1.9±0.7 g/day; p<0.05). Among the mean 4.6 urine collections, 45.2% (men 34.6%, women 52.6%) of the patients successfully achieved <6 g (100 mmol of sodium)/day of salt excretion on at least one occasion. The rate of achievement of averaged urinary salt excretion <6 g/day dropped to 10.3% (men 4.4%, women 14.3%). Only 2.3% (men 0.6%, women 3.5%) of the patients achieved <6 g/day on all occasions. There were no significant differences in age, habitual alcohol intake, smoking habit, physical activities, or job status between patients who complied with the salt-restricted diet and those who did not. Results suggest that long-term compliance with salt restriction is poor in Japanese hypertensive patients. Since no specifically defining characteristics were found in the compliant patients, repeated measurements of urinary salt excretion seem to be important to encourage salt restriction.
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Ohta, Y., Tsuchihashi, T., Onaka, U. et al. Long-Term Compliance with Salt Restriction in Japanese Hypertensive Patients. Hypertens Res 28, 953–957 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1291/hypres.28.953
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