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Medicine and salt: Who needs more pills?
Original Title
Is the effect of antihypertensive drug therapy on blood pressure control and prevalent cardiovascular disease associated with dietary sodium-potassium ratio? A cross-sectional study based on NHANES
doi:10.3389/fcvm.2026.176361244%
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Methodology score · 44/100
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What’s the bottom line?
This study looked at adults in the U.S. who already take blood pressure medicine to see if taking more than one pill works better and if salt and potassium in food make a difference.
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Authors
Zhang O, Wang Y, Geng Y, Bi L, Shi B, Zhao Y, Wu X