Biomarker for Salt Sensitive Bood Pressure
October 16, 2018 | Terry Sharrer
Most people have heard the caution about dietary salt increasing blood pressure, and the blanket advice that all people should restrict the amount of salt they consume. This one-size-fits-all solution arises because it has not been easy to determine which people are salt sensitive (about one-thirds of all humans) and those who are not (two-thirds). But as this piece tells, there are biomarkers which can reveal that sensitivity. From Boston University School of Medicine comes news that GNA12 joins a growing list of salt sensitivity associated polymorphisms previously published in this review article (Pub Med Identification number 23197156 ). MORE
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