Effect of Modest Salt Reduction on Skin Capillary Rarefaction in White, Black, and Asian Individuals With Mild Hypertension
Effect of Modest Salt Reduction on Skin Capillary Rarefaction in White, Black, and Asian Individuals With Mild Hypertension
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DOI:
10.1161/hypertensionaha.110.155747
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发表时间:
2010-08-01
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影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
MacGregor, Graham A.
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作者:
He, Feng J.;Marciniak, Maciej;MacGregor, Graham A.
Microvascular rarefaction occurs in hypertension. We carried out a 12-week randomized double-blind crossover trial to determine the effect of a modest reduction in salt intake on capillary rarefaction in 71 whites, 69 blacks, and 29 Asians with untreated mildly raised blood pressure. Both basal and maximal (during venous congestion) skin capillary density were measured by capillaroscopy at the dorsum and the side of the fingers. In addition, we used orthogonal polarization spectral imaging to measure skin capillary density at the dorsum of the fingers and the hand web. With a reduction in salt intake from 9.7 to 6.5 g/day, there was an increase in capillary density (capillaries per millimeter squared) from 101 +/- 21 to 106 +/- 23 (basal) and 108 +/- 22 to 115 +/- 22 (maximal) at the dorsum, and 101 +/- 25 to 107 +/- 26 (basal) and 110 +/- 26 to 116 +/- 26 (maximal) at the side of the fingers (P