The Claim
In patients with cardiovascular disease, higher estimated urinary sodium excretion is linearly associated with higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure, with each 1 g/day increase in sodium linked to a 1.28 mmHg rise in systolic and 0.46 mmHg rise in diastolic pressure.
What the research says
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If you have heart disease and eat more salt, your blood pressure tends to go up — for every extra gram of salt you excrete in urine, your top blood pressure number goes up by about 1.3 points and your bottom number by about 0.5 points.
See the scientific wording
In patients with cardiovascular disease, higher estimated urinary sodium excretion is linearly associated with higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure, with each 1 g/day increase in sodium linked to a 1.28 mmHg rise in systolic and 0.46 mmHg rise in diastolic pressure.
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