Why the study?
Does salt sensitivity act as a marker for susceptibility to hypertension and target organ disease?
Does salt sensitivity act as a marker for susceptibility to hypertension and target organ disease?
Salt sensitivity is emerging as a potential marker for susceptibility to hypertensive target organ disease and cardiovascular complications.
May inform hypertension risk stratification; leaves open whether targeting salt sensitivity improves outcomes in trials.
Studies show that the excess morbidity and mortality related to hypertension are progressive over the whole range of systolic and diastolic blood pressure. End-organ disease, however, varies markedly between individuals with similar levels of hypertension. A stronger link between salt intake, salt sensitivity and hypertensive target organ disease is emerging in the literature, suggesting that salt sensitivity may be a marker of susceptibility of individuals to hypertension and its complications. This review focuses on some of the many reports published in this area within the past year.
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