Dietary sodium and nocturnal blood pressure dipping in normotensive men and women

• Published in: Journal of human hypertension Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 145 - 150
• Main Authors: Brian, M S, Dalpiaz, A, Matthews, E L, Lennon-Edwards, S, Edwards, D G, Farquhar, W B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.02.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/699/75/243; Adult; Blood Pressure; Cardiovascular diseases; Circadian Rhythm; Circadian rhythms; Diet; Epidemiology; Excretion; Female; Health Administration; Health aspects; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Hypertension; Male; Measurement; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; original-article; Physiological aspects; Public Health; Random Allocation; Risk factors; Sodium; Sodium (Nutrient); Sodium in the body; Sodium, Dietary - adverse effects; Vascular diseases; Women; United States
• ISSN: 0950-9240; 1476-5527; 1476-5527
• DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2016.53

Impaired nocturnal blood pressure (BP) dipping (i.e., <10% decline in nocturnal BP) is associated with an increased risk of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases. Excess sodium has been shown to impair BP regulation and increase cardiovascular disease risk, yet few studies have assessed the...