Journal
HYPERTENSION RESEARCH
Volume 45, Issue 2, Pages 354-359Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/s41440-021-00797-w
Keywords
Blood pressure; Hypertension; Serum sodium
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Funding
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan [25293146, 25702006, 19K24247]
- Industrial Health Foundation, Japan
- Health and Labour Sciences Research Expenses for Commission [H26005]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19K24247] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The cross-sectional analysis did not show a significant association between serum sodium and blood pressure at baseline. However, the prospective analysis revealed that an elevated serum sodium level was associated with an increased risk of developing hypertension.
This study aimed to investigate the cross-sectional association between serum sodium and blood pressure at baseline and, more importantly, investigate the prospective association between serum sodium and the risk of incident hypertension. We used data from 1 638 workers aged 18 to 71 years who participated in 2015-2016 survey of the Furukawa Nutrition and Health Study. During a maximum follow-up of 3 years, 229 participants developed hypertension. Multivariable linear regression models were used to evaluate the cross-sectional association. The Cox proportional hazards model was used to calculate the hazard ratio and 95% confidence interval of incident hypertension across quartiles of serum sodium (137-140, 141-142, 143, and 144-147 mmol/L). In the cross-sectional analysis, we did not observe a significant association between serum sodium and blood pressure at baseline. In the prospective analysis, the multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) for incident hypertension were 1.03 (0.71-1.51), 1.35 (0.87-2.08), and 1.46 (0.97-2.20) for the upper three quartiles of the serum sodium levels compared with the lowest quartile (P for trend=0.02). When serum sodium was treated as a continuous variable, the multivariable-adjusted hazard ratio for hypertension was 1.10 (1.03-1.18). The association was slightly attenuated after additionally adjusting for baseline blood pressure, with a hazard ratio of 1.08 (1.00-1.16) for a 1 mmol/L increase in serum sodium. In conclusion, an elevated serum sodium level was associated with an increased risk of developing hypertension, suggesting that serum sodium could be a potential risk factor for hypertension.
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