The Claim

In hospitalized adult patients with primary hypertension in Shanxi Province, higher urinary sodium excretion is associated with a non-dipper blood pressure pattern, characterized by insufficient nighttime blood pressure decline.

Source: The Correlation Between Urinary Sodium Excretion and Blood Pressure in Hospitalized Adult Patients with Hypertension

What the research says

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Correlation
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In plain English

In hospitals in Shanxi, adults with high blood pressure who excrete more salt in their urine tend to have blood pressure that doesn’t drop enough at night, which might be bad for their heart.

See the scientific wording

In hospitalized adult patients with primary hypertension in Shanxi Province, higher urinary sodium excretion is associated with a non-dipper blood pressure pattern, where nighttime blood pressure does not decline sufficiently.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: The Correlation Between Urinary Sodium Excretion and Blood Pressure in Hospitalized Adult Patients with Hypertension

    The study found that people with high salt in their urine tend to have blood pressure that doesn’t drop enough at night, which is exactly what the claim says.

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