The Influence of Oral Potassium Chloride on Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Men on a Low-Sodium Diet

1 March 1990

journal article
research article
Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine

Vol. 322 (9), 569-574
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199003013220901

Abstract

Clinical and epidemiologic studies suggest that the intake of potassium chloride lowers blood pressure. To investigate whether supplemental potassium chloride (96 mmol of microcrystalline potassium chloride a day) reduced the need for antihypertensive medication in hypertensive men on a restricted-sodium diet, we conducted a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial.

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