Hypertension
Conditions
Interventions
Sample of 35 patients of both genders, aged between 20 and 35 years, without diabetes, with stable dose of antihypertensive medication for at least 30 days before the start of the study and uncontroll
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Sponsors
Linea Sucralose
Universidade Federal de Goiás
Eligibility
Age
20 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients which are regularly monitored by the League of Hypertension of the UFG's Hospital, residents of the metropolitan area of Goiânia, with stable dose of antihypertensive medication for at least 30 days and with uncontrolled hypertension (BP 140 x 90 at last visit).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with acute or subacute (up to 3 months before the start of the project). Unstable chronic diseases (diabetes mellitus, heart failure, liver disease, chronic renal failure, lung disease or other that, according to the researchers, could compromise the follow-up protocol). Patients, one or more days a week, eat lunch and dinner at places where they can not perform the preparation of meals using only salt supplied by the researcher.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reduction on Systolic Blood Pressure and Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)from casual and Home Blood Pressure Monitoring after using conventional salt or light salt for 4 weeks.;The conventional salt group had reduction on systolic blood pressure from the casual measurement (p = 0,032). The light salt group had reduction on all blood pressure measurements from casual and Home Blood Pressure Monitoring (p < 0,05). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reduction in 24-hours urinary sodium excretion (mEq/24 hours)after using conventional salt or light salt for 4 weeks;There was a reduction in 24-hour urinary sodium excretion on the light salt group (p = 0,016). The patients who used conventional salt did not have significant reduction on sodium excretion (p = 0,175). | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactCarolina Barros
Liga de Hipertensão Arterial do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Goiás
Outcome results
None listed