correlational
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People with higher body weight tend to have higher blood pressure, even if they eat a lot or little salt or potassium — it’s not about those minerals, it’s about the weight itself.
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The study found that even when people’s salt and potassium levels were taken into account, those with higher body weight still tended to have higher blood pressure — so yes, weight matters for blood pressure on its own.
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