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CompletedNCT00005489

Salt Sensitivity, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
Sponsor
Indiana University · Academic / Other
Sex
Male
Age
100 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

To identify the role of salt-sensitivity of blood pressure in the pathogenesis of hypertension.

Detailed description

DESIGN NARRATIVE: Approximately 498 of 750 normal and hypertensive subjects who were carefully characterized in terms of blood pressure response to salt loading and depletion in the late 1970s were re-examined to identify physiological factors contributing to salt-sensitivity of blood pressure. This helped to confirm preliminary observations suggesting that salt sensitivity in normotensive subjects predicted the subsequent development of hypertension with aging. In addition, longitudinal observations in hypertensive patients and in normotensives helped to determine whether salt-sensitivity or salt-resistance of blood pressure were associated with differences in the risk for development of specific forms of cardiovascular disease (stroke, angina, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure), renal and metabolic (diabetes mellitus) disorders.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
1998-01-01
Completion
2001-12-01
First posted
2000-05-26
Last updated
2015-12-30

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00005489. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.