SynthesisCurrent hypertension reports2011
The importance of potassium in managing hypertension.
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64 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effects of Okra supplementation on blood pressure, lipid profile, and inflammation in patients with prediabetes, type 2 diabetes, and diabetic nephropathy: a meta-analysis and systematic review.Nutrition & diabetes · 2026Pooled it
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- Plant-Based Diets Reduce Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review of Recent Evidence.Current hypertension reports · 2023Pooled it
- Food Groups and Risk of Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2017Pooled it
- Nutraceuticals with a clinically detectable blood pressure-lowering effect: a review of available randomized clinical trials and their meta-analyses.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2017Pooled it
- Urine Potassium Excretion, Kidney Failure, and Mortality in CKD.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2017Trial
- The effect of the addition of allopurinol on blood pressure control in African Americans treated with a thiazide-like diuretic.Journal of the American Society of Hypertension : JASH · 2015Trial
- No evidence that the skeletal non-response to potassium alkali supplements in healthy postmenopausal women depends on blood pressure or sodium chloride intake.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2012Trial
- Molecular and Cellular Underpinnings of Primary Hypertension: An Integrative Mechanistic Framework.Journal of cellular physiology · 2026Review
- Unlocking Stress Coping Mechanisms: Implications for Salivary Antioxidant Defense and Trace Element Homeostasis.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2026Article
- Nutritional Properties of Edible Flowers from Five Pumpkin (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effect of changes in potassium intake on blood pressure: a dose-response meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials (2000-2024).Clinical kidney journal · 2025Article
- Sodium salt substitution for blood pressure in adults with diabetes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Article
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- Nutritional, Phytochemical, and Antimicrobial Properties ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Early reduction of skin potassium without sodium accumulation in the pathogenesis of salt sensitivity in primary aldosteronism.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- The Association of Sodium or Potassium Intake Timing with Athens Insomnia Scale Scores: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Sodium Intake and Sodium to Potassium Ratio among New York City Adults in the 2018 Heart Follow-Up Study.Current developments in nutrition · 2024Article
- Review Article on Molecular Mechanism of Regulation of Hypertension by Macro-elements (Na, K, Ca and Mg), Micro-elements/Trace Metals (Zn and Cu) and Toxic Elements (Pb and As).Biological trace element research · 2024Review
- Association between dietary mineral intakes and urine flow rate: data from the 2009-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
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Abstract
Dietary potassium intake has been demonstrated to significantly lower blood pressure (BP) in a dose-responsive manner in both hypertensive and nonhypertensive patients in observational studies, clinical trials, and several meta-analyses. In hypertensive patients, the linear dose-response relationship is a 1.0 mm Hg reduction in systolic BP and a 0.52 mm Hg reduction in diastolic BP per 0.6 g per day increase in dietary potassium intake that is independent of baseline potassium deficiency. The average reduction in BP with 4.7 g (120 mmol) of dietary potassium per day is 8.0/4.1 mm Hg, depending race and on the relative intakes of other minerals such as sodium, magnesium, and calcium. If the dietary sodium chloride intake is high, there is a greater BP reduction with an increased intake of dietary potassium. Blacks have a greater decrease in BP than Caucasians with an equal potassium intake. Potassium-induced reduction in BP significantly lowers the incidence of stroke (cerebrovascular accident, CVA), coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, and other cardiovascular events. However, potassium also reduces the risk of CVA independent of BP reductions. Increasing consumption of potassium to 4.7 g per day predicts lower event rates for future cardiovascular disease, with estimated decreases of 8% to 15% in CVA and 6% to 11% in myocardial infarction.
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