Intake of dietary fiber, sodium, potassium, and calcium and its relation with arterial blood pressure in normotensive adult men
Ballesteros-Vásquez, M.N.; Cabrera-Pacheco, R.M.; Saucedo-Tamayo, M.S.; Grijalva-Haro, M.I.
Salud Publica de Mexico 40(3): 241-247
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-3634 PMID: 9670785 Document Number: 497298
To evaluate the effect of dietary fiber, energy, sodium, calcium and potassium intake on the blood pressure of a group of normotensive adults. Subjects were 38 healthy normotensive adult males aged 30-45 years, resident of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Blood pressure, diet, anthropometric data and physical activity were recorded. Their diet was high in fiber and fat. Sodium intake was 56% above the recommended values in 87% of the subjects, and the variable with the highest correlation to diastolic blood pressure. Of the subjects, 36.9% were overweight and obese, and a significant statistic association was found between BMI and diastolic and systolic blood pressure. A significant relationship was found between hypertension and high consumption of sodium, overweight and obesity in healthy adult normotensive males.