Although people have a broad range of salt sensitivity, much of the difference between individuals traces not to genetics but to environmental influences — both to whether mom ate a lot of salt during pregnancy and to what cuisine a person was subsequently raised on (see Born to Love Salt). (sciencenews.org)
Deficiencies in potassium can lead to an increase in blood pressure, increased salt sensitivity, higher risk of kidney stones, and increased bone turnover. (mindbodygreen.com)
The participants in the study were 1,906 Han Chinese adults in the GenSalt project (Genetic Epidemiology Network of Salt Sensitivity), a large project to identify environmental and genetic factors leading to salt sensitivity. (ahealthblog.com)