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Importance of dietary chloride for salt sensitivity of blood pressure. Hypertension 1991 Jan;17(1 Suppl):I158-61

Date

01/01/1991

Pubmed ID

1986995

DOI

10.1161/01.hyp.17.1_suppl.i158

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0026100935 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   40 Citations

Abstract

Recent evidence indicates that the anion accompanying sodium plays an important role in determining the magnitude of the blood pressure increase in response to a high dietary intake of NaCl. The purpose of this review is to describe studies of blood pressure responses to selective dietary sodium loading (without chloride) and to selective dietary chloride loading (without sodium) in several experimental models of salt-sensitive hypertension and in hypertensive humans. The full expression of salt sensitivity depends on high dietary intakes of both sodium and chloride. This observation has implications for understanding mechanisms contributing to NaCl-induced hypertension.

Author List

Boegehold MA, Kotchen TA



MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Animals
Blood Pressure
Blood Volume
Chlorides
Diet
Drug Resistance
Extracellular Space
Humans
Sodium Chloride
Sympathetic Nervous System