Sodium reduction for hypertension prevention in overweight adults: further results from the Trials of Hypertension Prevention Phase II
Sodium reduction is efficacious for primary prevention of hypertension, but the feasibility of achieving this effect is unclear. The objective of the paper is detailed analyses of adherence to and effects of the sodium reduction intervention among overweight adults in the Trials of Hypertension Prev...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of human hypertension 2005-01, Vol.19 (1), p.33-45 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Sodium reduction is efficacious for primary prevention of hypertension, but the feasibility of achieving this effect is unclear. The objective of the paper is detailed analyses of adherence to and effects of the sodium reduction intervention among overweight adults in the Trials of Hypertension Prevention, Phase II. Sodium reduction (comprehensive education and counselling about how to reduce sodium intake) was tested
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no dietary intervention (usual care) for 36–48 months. A total of 956 white and 203 black adults, ages 30–54 years, with diastolic blood pressure 83–89 mmHg, systolic blood pressure (SBP) |
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ISSN: | 0950-9240 1476-5527 |
DOI: | 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001774 |