Habitual salt preference worsens blood pressure in hospitalized hypertensive patients with omicron infection under epidemic-related stress
Chenyi Wang,
Wanhong Tan,
Xiaoxiao Liu
et al.
Abstract:Background
We investigated the synergistic effect of stress and habitual salt preference (SP) on blood pressure (BP) in the hospitalized Omicron-infected patients.
Methods
From 15,185 hospitalized Omicron-infected patients who reported having high BP or hypertension, we recruited 662 patients. All patients completed an electronic questionnaire on diet and stress, and were required to complete morning BP monitoring at least three times.
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