Upon review of the chart you see that he has had other BPsthat have also been mildly elevated. The diet in the trial and the mineral salt were very palatable and well accepted by the participants. 3.In the initial management of hypertension it may be easier and more effective to get patients to use some type of mineral salt than to get them to restrict salt intake or to use a pure potassium chloride salt substitute. 2 Values for week 24 were missing for two controls and one subject in mineral salt group. Difference in change from baseline between study groups.
Hypertension is common among the elderly and is known risk factor for heart disease and stroke.
Diet effects blood pressure and changes in diet are still first line therapy in reducing hypertension. Several other studies have looked at the individual BP lowering effects of increased magnesium and potassium and decreased sodium in the diet and the BP effect in this study was greater than those estimates. This may be do to the simultaneous alteration of all these minerals, the age of the study population, the unique characteristics of this mined salt or a combination of these factors. Despite the good internal validity of this study it has uncertain or poor generalizability to our patient population. This study suggests that further investigation into dietary effects on BP is still very warranted.