Relationships of urinary sodium/potassium excretion and calcium intake to blood pressure and prevalence of hypertension among older Chinese vegetarians

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 299-304

  Kwok, T C Y ^a   Chan, T Y K ^a   Woo, J ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aged; Calcium; Diet; Hypertension; Sodium; Vegetarianism

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; CREATININE; DIURETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HALFWAY HOUSE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POTASSIUM INTAKE; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; PREVALENCE; RECALL; RELIGION; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VEGETARIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; URINE; VEGETARIAN DIET;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; POTASSIUM, DIETARY; PREVALENCE; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 0037329876     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601553     Document Type: Article

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