Review: Salt, blood pressure and the renin-angiotensin system

Much evidence from epidemiological, migration, intervention, animal and genetic studies suggests that salt intake plays an important role in regulating blood pressure (BP). At the same time, many clinical trials have shown that reducing salt intake lowers BP. However, the magnitude of the fall in BP...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Feng J He, Graham A MacGregor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - SAGE Publishing 2003-03-01
Series:Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3317/jraas.2003.001