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High Salt Intake Augments Blood Pressure Responses During Submaximal Aerobic Exercise.

Journal of the American Heart Association2020The record ↗

findings
2
compound
1
endpoints
2
no difference found
1
  1. Finding, limited evidencelowersFlow-mediated dilation
  2. Finding, limited evidenceno difference foundSerum sodium concentration
Study, every finding
crossover · 10 days
Dose studied, every finding
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
  • “FMD was significantly reduced following 10 days of salt capsules compared with placebo and remained significantly different when FMD was allometrically scaled (Table 3).”
    Population
    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

What did not

  • “Ten days of salt capsules significantly increased urinary sodium excretion (Table 2, P<0.001); however, serum sodium concentration, plasma osmolality, and resting plasma norepinephrine concentrations (n=15) were not different between conditions.”
    Population
    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; resting venous sample

Study record

Design
crossover trial
Species
human
Population
Recreationally active, non-obese adults without hypertension on a recommended 2300 mg Na+/day diet
Participants
20
Comparator
placebo
Duration
10 days
Endpoints measured
43