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SUBMITTER: Kogure M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7815510 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kogure Mana M Nakaya Naoki N Hirata Takumi T Tsuchiya Naho N Nakamura Tomohiro T Narita Akira A Suto Yoko Y Honma Yoko Y Sasaki Hidemi H Miyagawa Ken K Ushida Yusuke Y Ueda Hiroyuki H Hozawa Atsushi A
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 20200817 2
Recently, the sodium (Na)/potassium (K) ratio was reported to be associated with blood pressure (BP). A Na/K ratio self-monitoring device using spot urine was established recently. Here, we assessed whether the urinary Na/K ratio change measured using the Na/K device was associated with BP change in a health checkup setting. We targeted 12,890 participants who attended the health checkup in Tome City, Miyagi between 2017 and 2018. Tome City introduced urinary Na/K ratio measurements during healt ...[more]