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Sodium and blood pressure: the puzzling results of intrapopulation epidemiologic studies
Medical Hypotheses
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
Most intrapopulation epidemiologic studies have been unable to find a significant association between sodium intake and blood pressure. The researchers have offered 2 opposing explanations: the hypothesis of the genetic susceptibility to sodium and the hypothesis of a weak association in general population. The evidence for and against each hypothesis is reviewed. The direction of future research is suggested.