The effect of dietary sodium chloride on blood pressure, body fluids, electrolytes, renal function, and serum lipids of normotensive man

WM Kirkendall, WE Connor, F Abboud… - The Journal of …, 1976 - translationalres.com
Eight normotensive white middle-aged men were given low, moderate, and high salt diets
with constant potassium intakes each for periods of at least 4 weeks. There was a tendency
for body weight, serum sodium, exchangeable sodium, and inulin space to increase. Indirect
blood pressure measurements revealed no change in blood pressure, either supine or
upright measurements, during the 3 study intervals. Inulin clearance (and presumably
glomerular filtration rate) rose with increase in dietary salt. Urinary potassium excretion rose …