Dietary potassium intake and renal handling, and their impact on the cardiovascular health of normotensive Afro-Caribbeans

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-19

  Cohall, D H ^a   Scantlebury Manning, T ^a   Rafie, C ^b   James, S ^a   Hall, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Afro Caribbean; Dietary; Plasma renin activity; Potassium handling; Potassium intake; Potassium urinary excretion; Sodium urinary excretion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTROLYTE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MALE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; POTASSIUM INTAKE; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84927787795     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2014.005     Document Type: Article

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