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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hypertens. 2009 Sep 17;22(12):1281–1286. doi: 10.1038/ajh.2009.176

Table 2.

Blood pressure levels at baseline examination and dietary intervention

Blood pressure,
mm Hg		 Mean (95% CI) p-values for period difference
Low-sodium High-sodium Potassium-
supplementation
Baseline examination
    Systolic 116.9
(116.3, 117.5)		 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
    Diastolic 73.7
(73.3, 74.2)		 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
    MAP 88.1
(87.6, 88.6)		 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Low-sodium intervention
    Systolic 111.4
(110.8, 112.0)		 <0.0001 <0.0001
    Diastolic 71.0
(70.6, 71.4)		 <0.0001 <0.0001
    MAP 84.5
(84.0, 84.9)		 <0.0001 <0.0001
High-sodium intervention
    Systolic 116.3
(115.6, 116.9)		 <0.0001
    Diastolic 72.9
(72.4, 73.4)		 <0.0001
    MAP 87.4
(86.9, 87.8)		 <0.0001
High-sodium plus potassium intervention
    Systolic 112.7
(112.1, 113.3)
    Diastolic 71.5
(71.1, 72.0)
   MAP 85.3
(84.8, 85.7)

BP = blood pressure; MAP = mean arterial pressure; CI = confidence intervals.