Should we eat more potassium to better control blood pressure in hypertension?

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_87D51AAE9D21
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Synthèse (review): revue aussi complète que possible des connaissances sur un sujet, rédigée à partir de l'analyse exhaustive des travaux publiés.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Should we eat more potassium to better control blood pressure in hypertension?
Périodique
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Burnier M.
ISSN
1460-2385 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0931-0509
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
01/02/2019
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
34
Numéro
2
Pages
184-193
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Review
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
Changes in lifestyle and nutrition are recommended as the first-step approach to the management of hypertension by all national and international guidelines. Today, when considering nutritional factors in hypertension, almost all the attention is focused on the reduction of salt intake to improve blood pressure (BP) control. Changes in potassium intake are only briefly evoked in guidelines. Few physicians actually think about proposing to eat more foods that are high in potassium (fruits, vegetables, nuts) to better control BP. Yet, during the last 40 years, increasing evidence has accumulated demonstrating that increasing potassium intake, either with food products or with supplements, is associated with significant reductions of both systolic and diastolic BP. The hypotensive effect of potassium is particularly marked in patients with hypertension and in subjects with a very high sodium intake, suggesting that potassium counterbalances the effects of sodium. In addition, several meta-analyses have now confirmed that high potassium intake reduces the risk of stroke by ∼ 25%. Finally, increasing potassium in the diet may perhaps be beneficial for some renal patients, as post hoc analyses have suggested that a high potassium intake may retard the decline of renal function in patients with early chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages. However, high potassium intake may be risky and sometimes even dangerous in hypertensive patients with CKD stages 3-5, specifically diabetics. In this context, however, as the level of evidence remains low, more prospective clinical studies are needed. The goal of this review is to discuss the actual evidence that supports the recommendation to eat more potassium in order to better control BP in essential hypertension and to review the restrictions in CKD patients with hypertension.
Mots-clé
Blood Pressure, Diet, Humans, Hypertension/diet therapy, Hypertension/prevention & control, Kidney Failure, Chronic/diet therapy, Life Style, Minerals, Potassium/administration & dosage, Prospective Studies, Risk, Sodium/adverse effects, Stroke/prevention & control
Pubmed
Web of science
Création de la notice
22/01/2018 11:42
Dernière modification de la notice
16/02/2021 6:27
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