Blood pressure responses to increases and decreases in dietary salt intake are
heterogeneous. In some hypertensive individuals, decreases in blood pressure with salt
restriction are clinically significant and approach that achieved with medication. In others,
little or no change in blood pressure occurs, whereas in still others, blood pressure may
actually increase with salt restriction. The heterogeneous responses are partly acquired and
involve the influences of age, the intake of other electrolytes, and the influence of certain …