The Claim
Variants in the SLC8A1 gene are associated with increases in systolic and diastolic blood pressure during acute sodium loading in Han Chinese patients with essential hypertension.
What the research says
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Some people in China with high blood pressure have a specific gene change that makes their blood pressure spike even more when they eat a lot of salt.
See the scientific wording
Variants in the SLC8A1 gene are associated with increases in systolic and diastolic blood pressure during acute sodium loading in Han Chinese patients with essential hypertension.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Genetic Variation in SLC8A1 Gene Involved in Blood Pressure Responses to Acute Salt Loading
Scientists gave people with high blood pressure a lot of salt and found that those with certain changes in the SLC8A1 gene had bigger spikes in their blood pressure — exactly what the claim says.
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