Nutrients and Salt Consumption of Hypertension Patients According to Treatment Status

Abstract

High blood pressure is an important determinant of the incidence of coronary heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, renal failure, and peripheral vascular disease. Recommendations for control of high blood pressure emphasize lifestyle modification, including weight control, reduced sodium intake, increased physical activity. Subjects who were normotensive (n=19, y, BP l16/81 mmHg) ,treatment hypertensive (n=33, y, BP 132/85 mmHg) and non-treatment hypertensive (n=14, y, 149/94 mmHg) recruited. Anthropometric assessment (height weight waist circumference, hip circumference, fat, fat mass, and lean body mass) and dietary assessments (using 3-days food records, daily nutrient intakes were inuysed by CAN PRO 2.0 were carried out. Blood and 24-hour urine were collected). Test of recognition for salt taste threshold were performed. In non-treatment hypertensive male subjects, weight, IBW, BMI, and waist circumference were significantly higher than those of normotensive and treatment hypertensive subjects (p