Article
Salt sensitivity of Japanese from the viewpoint of gene polymorphism.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Jul 2003
Katsuya Tomohiro, Ishikawa Kazuhiko, Sugimoto Ken, Rakugi Hiromi, Ogihara Toshio
Abstract excerpt
Excess salt intake is an important environmental risk for the predisposition to essential hypertension. Previous physiological studies have shown that salt sensitivity is associated with insulin resistance, enhancement of sympathetic nerve activity and decrease of blood pressure decline at night....
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