Salt sensitivity as a phenotype for genetic studies of human hypertension

Genetic studies o f hypertension are confounded by thefact that so-called essential hypertensio is not a dis-ncrete entity bu, t rathe ar collectio onf ill-define synd -dromes in which high arterial pressur is the smalles tcommon denominator Th.e present review briefl dis-ycusses the potential fo r usin g salt sensitivit as a traiy tfor defining informative sub-group for genetisc studiesof hypertension.