People with high blood pressure who aren't taking medication have similar sodium excretion and body fluid levels outside their cells as people with normal blood pressure.

Evidence Quality Assessment

Claim Status

appropriately stated

Study Design Support

Design supports claim

Appropriate Language Strength

association

Can only show association/correlation

Assessment Explanation

The study design supports descriptive comparisons between groups. The claim accurately states the lack of differences without implying causation.

Evidence from Studies

Supporting (1)

Urine sodium excretion is related to extracellular water volume but not to blood pressure in 510 normotensive and never-treated hypertensive subjects

Cross-Sectional Study

Human

2023 Dec

Contradicting (0)

No contradicting evidence found

Source Study

Urine sodium excretion is related to extracellular water volume but not to blood pressure in 510 normotensive and never-treated hypertensive subjects

Score: 34

DOI: 10.1080/08037051.2023.2170869

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