Question

effects on blood pressure of reduced dietary sodium and the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (dash) diet

Answer 1

As compared with the control diet with a high sodium level, the DASH diet with a low sodium level led to a mean systolic blood pressure that was 7.1 mm Hg lower in participants without hypertension, and 11.5 mm Hg lower in participants with hypertension.

Answer 2

The linearity of the effects of sodium within the control diet or the DASH diet was assessed by comparing the decrease in blood pressure from the high to the intermediate level of sodium with the decrease from the intermediate to the low level of sodium.