The effect of high-sodium and low-sodium intakes on blood pressure and other related variables in human subjects with idiopathic hypertension

1978 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terukazu Kawasaki ◽  
Catherine S. Delea ◽  
Frederic C. Bartter ◽  
Harold Smith
1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 507-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Passmore ◽  
Agnes E. Jimenez

The effect of selective dietary sodium and (or) chloride loading on blood pressure and renal blood flow (RBF) in the rat angiotensin II (AII) model of hypertension was determined. AII (200 ng/min) or saline was infused intraperitoneally. Diets were provided with either high or low concentrations of sodium, chloride or both ions for 22 days. The blood pressure of saline-treated animals was not increased by the high sodium chloride diet. Animals on a high sodium, high chloride diet had a significantly greater increase of blood pressure at 8, 15, 18, and 22 days of AII infusion compared with AII-treated animals on a low sodium, low chloride diet (p < 0.05). Selective dietary loading of either high sodium or chloride in AII-treated rats produced no greater elevation of blood pressure than AII with the low sodium, low chloride diet. Selective high dietary chloride was associated with a lower RBF in AII- and vehicle-treated rats compared with low dietary chloride. The chloride effect on RBF was greater in AII-treated animals. In conclusion, both sodium and chloride are necessary to produce the maximum increase of blood pressure in AII animals. AII enhances the decreased RBF induced by dietary chloride.Key words: angiotensin II, sodium chloride, blood pressure.


Circulation ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 125 (suppl_10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiang He ◽  
Dongfeng Gu ◽  
Jichun Chen ◽  
Qi Zhao ◽  
Lydia A Bazzano ◽  
...  

Blood pressure (BP) responses to dietary sodium and potassium interventions vary among individuals (salt- and potassium-sensitivity). However, it is unknown whether salt- and/or potassium-sensitivity is a reproducible trait. We repeated the dietary sodium and potassium intervention among 488 Han Chinese who participated in the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Salt Sensitivity (GenSalt) four years after the original dietary intervention. The same dietary intervention protocol, which included a 7-day low sodium-feeding (51.3 mmol/day), a 7-day high sodium-feeding (307.8 mmol/day), and a 7-day high sodium-feeding with an oral potassium supplementation (60 mmol/day), was applied in both the original and repeated studies. Three BP measurements were obtained during each of the 3 days of baseline observation and on days 5, 6, and 7 of each intervention period. Three timed urinary samples were collected to measure sodium and potassium excretion at baseline and during each intervention phase. On average, study participants were 39.7 years old and 49.4% of them were male. Study participants had a mean body mass index of 23.7 kg/m 2 , systolic BP of 118.1 mmHg, diastolic BP of 74.4 mmHg, urinary excretion of sodium of 258.8 mmol/24-hrs, and urinary excretion of potassium of 38.8 mmol/24-hrs. The results from the 24-h urinary excretions of sodium and potassium showed excellent compliance with the study diet. BP responses to dietary intervention in the original and repeated studies were highly correlated. For example, the correlation coefficients for systolic BP between original and repeated studies were 0.7681 at baseline, 0.7902 during low-sodium, 0.8045 during high-sodium, and 0.8232 during high-sodium and potassium supplementation intervention (all p<0.0001). The correlation coefficients for systolic BP changes between original and repeated studies were 0.3659 from baseline to low-sodium, 0.3655 from low to high-sodium, and 0.2850 from high-sodium to potassium supplementation (all p<0.0001). These data indicate that BP responses to dietary sodium and potassium intervention are reproducible traits. Furthermore, our study suggests that identification of individuals who are more sensitive to dietary sodium and potassium intake may improve the efficiency of targeted dietary intervention for hypertension prevention among high-risk individuals.


Circulation ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 127 (suppl_12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey M Rebholz ◽  
Jing Chen ◽  
Qi Zhao ◽  
Dongfeng Gu ◽  
Jichun Chen ◽  
...  

Urine excretion of angiotensinogen (AGT) has been proposed as a biomarker of intrarenal renin-angiotensin system activity, and therefore as a proxy for blood pressure regulation and sodium homeostasis. The association between urine levels of AGT and blood pressure response to dietary sodium intake has not been previously examined in the general population. We assessed the hypothesis that there is a direct relationship between urine levels of AGT and salt-sensitivity of blood pressure among participants of the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Salt Sensitivity (GenSalt) replication study. A 7-day low-sodium intervention, followed by a 7-day high-sodium intervention was carried out among 698 GenSalt-replication study participants from rural areas of north China. Absolute urine AGT excretion (μg/24 hours) and AGT-to-creatinine ratio (AGT/Cr, μg/g) were estimated at baseline for a random sample of 100 study participants. Nine blood pressure measurements were obtained at baseline and on the last three days of each intervention period. The absolute and percent changes in mean blood pressure from low-sodium to high-sodium intervention were used to assess salt-sensitivity. Median AGT and AGT/Cr were significantly (both p=0.01) reduced during the low-sodium intervention (AGT: 7.16 μg/24 hours, AGT/Cr: 8.36 μg/g) and increased during the high-sodium intervention (AGT: 8.84 μg/24 hours, AGT/Cr: 10.92 μg/g) compared to baseline (AGT: 8.28 μg/24 hours, AGT/Cr: 9.40 μg/g). Log-transformed AGT and AGT/Cr ratio at baseline was significantly and positively associated with blood pressure at baseline and at the end of each intervention. For example, one standard deviation higher log-transformed AGT/Cr ratio (1.2 μg/g) was associated with a 4.0 mm Hg (95% confidence interval: 1.3, 6.7) higher systolic blood pressure level at the end of the high-sodium intervention (p=0.004). One standard deviation higher log-transformed AGT/Cr ratio was associated with 1.58-times increased odds of high salt-sensitivity (≥5% change) of blood pressure (95% confidence interval: 1.00, 2.50; p=0.049). Log-transformed AGT/Cr ratio at baseline was positively associated with absolute and percent systolic blood pressure change from low- to high-sodium interventions (absolute: r=0.23, p=0.02; percent: r=0.20, p=0.047). In conclusion, elevated levels of urine AGT are associated with sodium-sensitivity of blood pressure. Augmentation of renal-angiotensin system activity may play an important role in the development of salt-sensitive hypertension.


Circulation ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 125 (suppl_10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongfeng Gu ◽  
Qi Zhao ◽  
Tanika N Kelly ◽  
James E Hixson ◽  
Dabeeru C Rao ◽  
...  

The kallikrein-kinin system (KKS) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of salt-sensitive hypertension in animal models. We comprehensively examined the association between genetic variants of the KKS and blood pressure (BP) response to dietary sodium intervention among participants of the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Salt Sensitivity (GenSalt) study. A 7-day low-sodium dietary intervention followed by a 7-day high-sodium dietary intervention was carried out among 1,906 GenSalt participants from rural areas of north China. Nine BP measurements were obtained at baseline and on the last three days of each intervention period using a random-zero sphygmomanometer. The percentage changes in mean BP from baseline to low-sodium intervention and from low-sodium to high-sodium intervention were used to assess individual salt-sensitivity. A total of 205 tagSNPs and functional SNPs of eleven genes of the KKS ( BDKRB1 , BDKRB2 , CPN1 , CPN2 , CPM , ECE1 , KLK1 , KLKB1 , KNG1 , MME , SERPINA4 ) were selected and genotyped in this study. Single marker analyses were conducted using the Family Based Association Test program. Genetic variants in the bradykinin receptor B2 ( BDKRB2 ) and endothelin converting enzyme 1 ( ECE1 ) genes showed significant associations with salt sensitivity even after adjusting for multiple testing using the false discovery rate method. SNP rs11847625 of BDKRB2 was significantly associated with systolic BP (SBP) response to low-sodium intervention ( P = 0.0001). Compared to its major allele G, carriers of the minor allele C had greater SBP decrease during low-sodium intervention. Furthermore, a haplotype containing allele C was associated with greater SBP increase to high-sodium intervention ( P = 0.0009). Seven SNPs of ECE1 , one of the degrading enzymes of kinins, were significantly associated with diastolic BP (DBP) response to low-sodium intervention ( P values ranged from 0.0003 to 0.002). Two haplotypes in the linkage disequilibrium block including these seven SNPs were significantly associated with DBP response to low-sodium intervention (P=0.0004 and 0.003, respectively). Our study found that the genetic variants of the KKS were associated with salt sensitivity of BP. Replication and functional studies of the identified variants are warranted in the future.


1985 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward J. Calabrese ◽  
Robert W. Tuthill

An experimental bottled water study assessed the effect on blood pressure of lowering Na concentration in the water of some of the high sodium community fourth graders. For three months, trios of children matched by sex, school, and baseline BP each used different water for all cooking and drinking purposes, with BP monitored bi-weekly. Pupils were randomly allocated to the three water conditions: (1) high sodium water bottled from their own community distribution system, (2) low sodium water bottled from the distribution system of the comparison community with sodium added to the level of the high sodium community water and (3) low sodium water bottled from the distribution system of the low sodium community but with no sodium added. The results indicate that BP levels among the girls but not boys on the low sodium water exhibited marked decreases in BP over the test period when compared to the other two groups.


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