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Interindividual variation in serum sodium and longitudinal blood pressure tracking in the Framingham Heart Study.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Nov 2008
Lago Rodrigo M, Pencina Michael J, Wang Thomas J, Lanier Katherine J, D'Agostino Ralph B, Kannel William B, Vasan Ramachandran S
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BACKGROUND: Recent cross-sectional studies have suggested that higher serum sodium levels may be a marker of elevated blood pressure. It is unclear whether serum sodium levels are related to the risk of developing hypertension in the community. METHODS: We investigated the association of serum sodium with longitudinal blood pressure tracking and incidence of hypertension in 2172 nonhypertensive Framingham...
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