The effect of three different nutrition counselling programs on well established @entity101 was studied in 64 @entity28 @entity1 regularly attending a @entity101 clinic. The 12-month program of weekly-monthly group sessions focused on weight reduction (W group, n = 24), salt restriction (S group, n = 17) or both ( @entity3297 group, n = 23). The mean (+/-SEM) weight decreased by 6.9 +/- 0.7 kg in the W group (p less than 0.001) and by 5.0 +/- 0.6 kg (p less than 0.001) in the @entity3297 group during the first three months of the study and levelled off thereafter. The weight changes in the S group were small during the trial. The mean 24-hour urinary @entity1372 excretion in the @entity3297 and S groups was reduced by about 35 and 50 mmol, respectively, during the first months of the study, and fell thereafter somewhat in the S group but not in the @entity3297 group. @entity1372 excretion remained unchanged in the W group. @entity551 (BP) fell significantly in the W and @entity3297 groups during the first months of the study. BP remained thereafter stable in most @entity1 but declined further in one fifth of them. BP changed little during the trial in the S group. By 12 months, BP control was improved in 67, 61 and 12% of the @entity1 in the W, @entity3297 and S groups, respectively. Improved BP control was strongly related to weight loss but not to reduced @entity1372 excretion. Weight reduction programs with even modest success help most @entity28 @entity1 with established @entity101 , whereas moderate salt intake restriction gives little added benefit.

Treatment of @entity101 in @entity28 XXXX : efficacy and feasibility of weight and salt reduction programs.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertension'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obese'] @entity1372 :: ('MESH:D012964', 'Chemical') :: ['Sodium', 'sodium'] @entity3297 :: ('MESH:D018980', 'Disease') :: ['WS'] @entity551 :: ('MESH:D007022', 'Disease') :: ['Systolic and diastolic blood pressure']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
