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Sodium reduction for hypertension prevention in overweight adults: further results from the Trials of Hypertension Prevention Phase II.
Journal of human hypertension - 1 Jan 2005
Kumanyika S K, Cook N R, Cutler J A, Belden L, Brewer A, Cohen J D, Hebert P R, Lasser V I, Raines J, Raczynski J, Shepek L, Diller L, Whelton P K, Yamamoto M
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Sodium reduction is efficacious for primary prevention of hypertension, but the feasibility of achieving this effect is unclear. The objective of the paper is detailed analyses of adherence to and effects of the sodium reduction intervention among overweight adults in the Trials of Hypertension Prevention, Phase II. Sodium reduction (comprehensive education and counselling about how to reduce sodium intake) was...
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