Effects of low-sodium diet vs. high-sodium diet on blood pressure, renin, aldosterone, catecholamines, cholesterol, and triglyceride (cochrane review)

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-15

  Graudal, Niels A ^a   Hubeck Graudal, Thorbjørn ^b   Jürgens, Gesche ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

adrenaline; aldosterone; blood pressure; cholesterol; hypertension; noradrenaline; renin; sodium restriction; triglyceride

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALDOSTERONE; CATECHOLAMINE; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NORADRENALIN; RENIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BLOOD PRESSURE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNICITY; HIGH SODIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SODIUM EXCRETION; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ALDOSTERONE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATECHOLAMINES; CHOLESTEROL; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RENIN; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 83655184753     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.210     Document Type: Review

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