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Dietary intake of electrolytes & relationship to blood pressure

Investigators

Nowson C, Huggins K, O'Reilly S, Giles G, English D

Objective

To assess the relationship between blood pressure, dietary intake of sodium and potassium (urinary electrolytes) and ethnic background in adults living in Melbourne between early 1990s and 2007/8

Publications

Huggins CE, O'Reilly S, Brinkman M, Hodge A, Giles GG, English DR, Nowson CA. Relationship of urinary sodium and sodium-to-potassium ratio to blood pressure in older adults in australia. Med J Aust. 2011;195:128-132