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Salt Intake: Genomics and Public Health

CDC Vital Signs: Sodium intake among U.S. school-aged children — 2009–2010
September 12, 2014 / 63(36);789-797  

CDC information: Reducing sodium in children's diets - the pressure is on to keep blood pressure down,September 2014

Institute of Medicine: Studies support population-based efforts to lower excessive dietary sodium intakes, but raise questions about potential harm from too little salt intake (2013)

Topol on salt: Time to shake the sodium guidelines? Eric J. Topol, Medscape, August 26, 2014

CDC information: Having a family history of high blood pressure, including parents or close relatives with high blood pressure, may increase the likelihood that you or your children develop it also. While you can’t control your family history, making healthy lifestyle choices may decrease your risk.

Did you know? More than 4000 publications have reported since 2001 on the relation between genetic variation and risk and outcomes of hypertension? These include 104 genomewide association studies. To find out more, visit the HuGE Navigator

Genetics of salt-sensitive hypertension. 
Sanada H et al. Curr Hypertens Rep.  2011 Feb;13(1):55-66.