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. 2009 Feb;11(1):12-7.
doi: 10.1007/s11906-009-0004-y.

Non-pressure-related effects of dietary sodium

Guilhem du Cailar  1 , Albert Mimran
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Non-pressure-related effects of dietary sodium

Guilhem du Cailar et al. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2009 Feb.

Abstract

After the demonstration of a positive correlation between sodium intake and arterial pressure in large population studies, the effect of short-term reduction in sodium intake demonstrated the efficacy of this nonpharmacologic therapy. In addition, a positive relation between urinary sodium (the most reliable estimate of salt intake) and left ventricular hypertrophy was found; and in recent years it was shown that cardiovascular morbidity clearly progressed with increasing sodium intake, despite one contradictory study. The role of non-pressure-related effects of dietary sodium is discussed in order to bring more arguments for a large-scale attempt to reduce sodium intake by 30% to 50%.

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