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Salt and Hypertension: Is Salt Dietary Reduction Worth the Effort?

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1 Salt and Hypertension: Is Salt Dietary Reduction Worth the Effort?
Tiberio M. Frisoli, MD, Roland E. Schmieder, MD, Tomasz Grodzicki, MD, Franz H. Messerli, MD  The American Journal of Medicine  Volume 125, Issue 5, Pages (May 2012) DOI: /j.amjmed Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Hypothetical link among salt intake, blood pressure, and changes in left ventricular structure. TGF=transforming growth factor; AT = angiotensin. The American Journal of Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.amjmed ) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Combining modalities for reducing blood pressure can have additive effects: Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension plus salt restriction reduced blood pressure differentially for each level of salt intake. Reprinted with permission from Sacks FM, Svetkey LP, Vollmer WM, et al. Effects on blood pressure of reduced dietary sodium and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet. DASH-Sodium Collaborative Research Group. N Engl J Med. 2001;344:3-10. The American Journal of Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.amjmed ) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions


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