American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 222-227 , 15 July 2004

A further subgroup analysis of the effects of the DASH diet and three dietary sodium levels on blood pressure: results of the DASH-Sodium Trial

  • George A Bray, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Lousiana, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationDr. Bray's address is: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808, USA.
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  • William M Vollmer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon, USA
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  • Frank M Sacks, MD

      Affiliations

    • Harvard School of Public Health and the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Eva Obarzanek, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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  • Laura P Svetkey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Hypertension Center and Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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  • Lawrence J Appel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • DASH Collaborative Research Group

Received 19 January 2004 ,Revised 25 March 2004 ,Accepted 25 March 2004.

References 

  1. Sacks FM, Obarzanek E, Windhauser MM, Svetkey LP, Vollmer WM, McCullough M, et al  Rationale and design of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Trial (DASH)—a multicenter controlled-feeding study of dietary patterns to lower blood pressure. Ann Epidemiol. 1995;5:108–118
  2. Appel LJ, Moore TJ, Obarzanek E, Vollmer WM, Svetkey LP, Sacks FM, et al  A clinical trial of the effects of dietary patterns on blood pressure. N Engl J Med. 1997;336:1117–1124
  3. Svetkey LP, Sacks FM, Obarzanek E, Vollmer WM, Appel LJ, Lin PH, et al  The DASH Diet, Sodium Intake and Blood Pressure Trial (DASH-Sodium) (rationale and design). J Am Diet Assn. 1999;8(suppl):S96–S104
  4. Sacks FM, Svetkey LP, Vollmer WM, Appel LJ, Bray GA, Harsha D, et al  Effects on blood pressure of reduced dietary sodium and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. N Engl J Med. 2001;344:3–10
  5. Vollmer W, Sacks FM, Ard J, Appel LJ, Bray GA, Simons-Morton DG, et al  Effects of dietary patterns and sodium intake on blood pressure (subgroup analysis of the DASH-Sodium trial). Ann Intern Med. 2001;135:1019–1028

☆ This study was supported by cooperative agreements and grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland (HL57173, HL57114, HL57190, HL57139, HL03857, HL57156), and the General Clinical Research Center Program of the National Center for Research Resources, Bethesda, Maryland (RR02635, RR00722).

PII: S0002-9149(04)00518-1

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.03.070

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 222-227 , 15 July 2004

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