From: The salt-taste threshold in untreated hypertensive patients
Variables | Control | HTN | p | Recognition threshold of salt taste | p | ||
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<7 (n = 95) | 7 (n = 71) | >7 (n = 33) | |||||
Mean SBP, mmHg | 125.0 ± 6.7 | 145.1 ± 12.1 | < 0.001 | 138.8 ± 13.9 | 136.5 ± 13.6 | 141.7 ± 16.1 | 0.205 |
Mean DBP, mmHg | 78.8 ± 5.7 | 92.5 ± 9.5 | < 0.001 | 88.0 ± 10.8 | 86.7 ± 9.7 | 90.7 ± 11.8 | 0.194 |
SBP at day, mmHg | 127.2 ± 6.5 | 148.1 ± 11.2 | < 0.001 | 141.7 ± 13.7 | 139.4 ± 13.5 | 143.4 ± 15.6 | 0.339 |
DBP at day, mmHg | 79.8 ± 4.4 | 94.8 ± 9.1 | < 0.001 | 90.0 ± 10.9 | 88.6 ± 9.6 | 91.7 ± 11.6 | 0.367 |
SBP at night, mmHg | 117.9 ± 10.3 | 134.8 ± 16.5 | 0.001 | 129.7 ± 17.7 | 127.1 ± 15.9 | 132.2 ± 15.5 | 0.331 |
DBP at night, mmHg | 73.1 ± 7.4 | 85.1 ± 12.0 | < 0.001 | 81.7 ± 12.7 | 79.1 ± 11.4 | 83.7 ± 11.1 | 0.154 |
MBPS, mmHg | 18.7 ± 15.6 | 19.1 ± 13.6 | 0.485 | 19.5 ± 12.6 | 19.0 ± 15.6 | 17.2 ± 16.1 | 0.721 |
Nocturnal dipping | 0.199 | 0.527 | |||||
Reverse-& non-dipper, n (%) | 43 (65.2%) | 74 (55.6%) | 56 (58.9%) | 39 (54.9%) | 22 (66.7%) | ||
Dipper & extreme-dipper, n (%) | 23 (34.8%) | 59 (44.4%) | 39 (41.1%) | 32 (45.1%) | 11 (33.3%) |