Health Condition 1: I10- Essential (primary) hypertension
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Bittern salt: Salt from sea/subsoil bittern comprising 27.55% sodium, 15.73% potassium and 50 ppm iron.
Intervention2: Vegetable salt-I: Salt from halophytic plant comprising 33.80% sod
Sponsors
Dr. Sunil Panjwani
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1 Healthy participant 2 Hypertensive participant with a systolic blood pressure 140 to 180 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure 90 to 110 mmHg
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1 Age below 18 years and above 65 years 2 Pregnant and lactating women 3 Prisoners 4 Psychiatric illness 5 Patients using potassium sparing diuretics and potassium supplements 6 Has known acute or chronic kidney disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in the systolic and diastolic blood pressureTimepoint: Four | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Comparison of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, serum electrolytes concentration, urine protein and electrolytes concentration, heart rate and ECG after the administration of low sodium salts and commercially available salt in the healthy and hypertensive patientsTimepoint: After 4 months;Palatability of low sodium salts developed at CSIR- Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research InstituteTimepoint: At baseline stage | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Pramod Shinde
CSIR Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
Outcome results
None listed