Why the study?
Is blood pressure control in treated hypertensive kidney transplant recipients associated with urinary excretion and dietary consumption of sodium and potassium?
Population
70 kidney transplant recipients treated with antihypertensive medications, mean age 56 ± 11.5 years, mean…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Lower potassium intake was associated with uncontrolled BP in treated hypertensive transplant recipients; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Is blood pressure control in treated hypertensive kidney transplant recipients associated with urinary excretion and dietary consumption of sodium and potassium?
Lower dietary potassium intake and urinary potassium excretion are associated with uncontrolled blood pressure in treated hypertensive kidney transplant recipients.
Saint‐Remy et al. (2012) studied this question.
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