Longitudinal Study Confirms High Sodium/Low Potassium Levels Increase Cardiovascular Disease
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Epidemiologist and CEO of Loyola University Health Systems, Paul K. Whelton, MB, MD, MSc and Senior author of the study known as Trials of Hypertension has found potassium is linked to lower blood pressure. Most importantly, the risk of cardiovascular disease is increased by some 50-percent for participants with high sodium-to-potassium ratio than their counterparts with high levels of potassium and lower levels of sodium.