Why the study?
Does dietary salt intake alter autonomic nervous function differently in salt-sensitive versus non-salt-sensitive patients with essential hypertension?
Population
20 patients with essential hypertension, classified as salt-sensitive or non-salt-sensitive based on blood…
Comparison
High-salt diet and low-salt diet periods. vs Comparison between high-salt and low-salt diet…
Design
Other
Follow-up
24 hours on the last day of each diet period
Authors
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Blunted autonomic responses to salt in salt-sensitive hypertension may underlie BP sensitivity; hypothesis-generating for autonomic-targeted interventions.
Does dietary salt intake alter autonomic nervous function differently in salt-sensitive versus non-salt-sensitive patients with essential hypertension?
Salt-sensitive hypertensive patients exhibit blunted parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system responses to dietary salt changes, which may contribute to their blood pressure salt sensitivity.
Minami et al. (1997) studied this question.
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