36
Participants
Start Date
January 22, 2021
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2022
Study Completion Date
July 8, 2022
Sodium Chloride
It is well established that increased dietary sodium can predispose to an increase in blood pressure; particularly in salt-sensitive individuals. Seeking to test the hypothesis that changes in dietary sodium intake are sufficient to influence the composition of the gut microbiome in association with sodium-induced changes in vascular function, epigenome, transcriptome and blood pressure in African Americans.
Placebo
placebo capsules
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
NIH
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
NIH