Not exact matches
«While our data highlights the importance of reducing high salt intake in
people with hypertension, it
does not support reducing salt intake to low levels.
Indeed, research doesn't always support the notion that salt causes high blood pressure: A large, multicenter study known as INTERSALT compared urinary sodium levels — an accurate indicator of prior sodium consumption —
with hypertension in more than 10,000
people in 1988 and found no statistically significant association between them.
For instance, a paper published in the American Journal of
Hypertension in 2011
did not find any strong evidence that reducing salt intake decreases the likelihood of
people with high blood pressure to suffer from stroke or heart attack.
Hypertension does not necessarily disqualify a
person from getting a standard or even preferred plan
with Sagicor, but it often goes hand in hand
with high cholesterol and obesity.
Primary
hypertension is not as common in dogs as it is in
people, but we
do see high blood pressure associated
with several diseases common in older pets.
Also,
people with portal
hypertension are more likely to have a shorter life expectancy than
people who
do not.