OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of a reduced sodium and increased potassium and magnesium intake on blood pressure. DESIGN: Randomised double blind placebo controlled trial. SETTING:General population of a suburb of Rotterdam. SUBJECTS:100 men and women between 55 and 75 years of age with untreated mild to moderate hypertension. INTERVENTIONS: During 24 weeks the intervention group received a mineral salt (sodium: potassium: magnesium 8:6:1) and foods prepared with the mineral salt. Controls received common salt and foods. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Change in blood pressure. RESULTS: Complete follow up was achieved for 97 of the 100 randomised subjects. Systolic blood pressure (mean of measurements at weeks 8, 16, and 24) fell by 7.6 mm Hg (95% confidence interval 4.0 to 11.2) and diastolic blood pressure by 3.3 mm Hg (0.8 to 5.8) in the mineral salt group compared with the controls, with a 28% decrease in urinary sodium excretion and a 22% increase in urinary potassium excretion. Twenty five weeks after the study the difference in blood pressure between the groups was no longer detectable. CONCLUSION: Replacing common sodium salt by a low sodium, high potassium, high magnesium mineral salt could offer a valuable non-pharmacological approach to lowering blood pressure in older people with mild to moderate hypertension.
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of a reduced sodium and increased potassium and magnesium intake on blood pressure. DESIGN: Randomised double blind placebo controlled trial. SETTING: General population of a suburb of Rotterdam. SUBJECTS: 100 men and women between 55 and 75 years of age with untreated mild to moderate hypertension. INTERVENTIONS: During 24 weeks the intervention group received a mineral salt (sodium: potassium: magnesium 8:6:1) and foods prepared with the mineral salt. Controls received common salt and foods. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Change in blood pressure. RESULTS: Complete follow up was achieved for 97 of the 100 randomised subjects. Systolic blood pressure (mean of measurements at weeks 8, 16, and 24) fell by 7.6 mm Hg (95% confidence interval 4.0 to 11.2) and diastolic blood pressure by 3.3 mm Hg (0.8 to 5.8) in the mineral salt group compared with the controls, with a 28% decrease in urinary sodium excretion and a 22% increase in urinary potassium excretion. Twenty five weeks after the study the difference in blood pressure between the groups was no longer detectable. CONCLUSION: Replacing common sodium salt by a low sodium, high potassium, high magnesiummineral salt could offer a valuable non-pharmacological approach to lowering blood pressure in older people with mild to moderate hypertension.
Authors: R W Jeffery; P L Pirie; P J Elmer; W M Bjornson-Benson; V A Mullenbach; C L Kurth; S L Johnson Journal: Am J Public Health Date: 1984-05 Impact factor: 9.308
Authors: R Collins; R Peto; S MacMahon; P Hebert; N H Fiebach; K A Eberlein; J Godwin; N Qizilbash; J O Taylor; C H Hennekens Journal: Lancet Date: 1990-04-07 Impact factor: 79.321