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Sodium chloride decreases flow-mediated dilation

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01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“FMD was significantly reduced following 10 days of salt capsules compared with placebo and remained significantly different when FMD was allometrically scaled (Table 3).”
Quoted verbatim from High Salt Intake Augments Blood Pressure Responses During Submaximal Aerobic Exercise.
This finding among the 32 findings on its endpoint

sodium chloride

Flow-mediated dilation

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Who
Healthy recreationally active adults aged 18-34, no hypertension or cardiovascular disease; all asked to follow a 2300 mg Na+/day diet in both conditions; dextrose placebo capsules; paired FMD data in 16 individuals
Dose studied
NaCl capsules (Morton table salt), 3900 mg Na+/day for 10 days, designed total sodium intake 6200 mg/day against 2300 mg/day on dextrose placebo

Limited evidencePMID 32406312 · 2020

02 · The study

Study
crossover
Duration
10 days

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderate
  • limitedthis finding
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Journal of the American Heart Association
What else it reported2 findings · 1 compound · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M71FCZ5EK1KY7715KDVXGW8G