Evidence for an Increased Intake of Sodium in Hypertension Based on Urinary Excretion of Sodium.

Abstract

Among 28 subjects with and without hypertension, the group with high blood pressure had significantly greater (p <.01) Na intakes (as measured by urinary outputs) than did the group of non-hypertensives. This finding was in agreement with a hypothesis previously proposed, that the level of Na intake was of primary etio-logic importance in the development of essential hypertension.