CellWell record HH-76691
Are changes in the urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio associated with changes in blood pressure in a healthy population with low urinary sodium-to-potassium ratios? Eight-year follow-up results from the KOBE Study
Mizuki Kawahara; Rumi Tsukinoki; Naomi Miyamatsu; Kazuyo Kuwabara; Sachimi Kubo; Yoshimi Kubota; Aya Higashiyama; Aya Hirata; Takumi Hirata; Junji Miyazaki; Daisuke Sugiyama; Yoshihiro Miyamoto; Tomonori Okamura
2026
In plain language
Among 567 healthy Japanese adults followed 8 years, the urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio stayed unchanged on average, but increases in it were associated with rises in systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
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