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In a 2-year controlled trial, 31 hypertensive patients were instructed to reduce sodium intake by about 70 to 100 mEq, and the average diastolic blood pressure fell, a result similar to that obtained by drug treatment.
Abstract
.4dditional studies suggest that even smaller reductions in sodium intake over an extended period may reduce blood pressure, as discussed below. In a 2-year controlled trial, 31 hypertensive patients were instructed to reduce sodium intake by about 70 to 100 mEq. Although sodium excretion declined only from 191 to 157 mEq, indicating a much smaller reduction in intake, the average diastolic blood pressure fell by 7.3 mm Hg, a result similar to that obtained by drug treatment (Morgan et al. 1978).