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Potassium plays various important roles in water balance, neuronal maintenance, blood vessel extension, arrhythmia prevention, and blood pressure maintenance. Its deficiency leads to arrhythmia, loss of appetite, convulsions, constipation, fatigue,...
Evidence for a relationship between high sodium intake and high blood pressure comes from animal experimental studies, controlled clinical trials, and epidemiologic studies. Aanalyses from the International Co-Operative Study of...
Potassium balance and serum potassium level are maintained until very late in chronic kidney disease (CKD), mainly because of an increase in renal and colonic excretion. Hyperkalemia may develop earlier...
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the main sources of dietary sodium and potassium intake in Koreans by gender, age and regions.
METHODS: We used the data from...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the dietary potassium intake, Na/K intake molar ratio, consumption of 18 food groups, and foods contributing to potassium intake of Korean...
Potassium (K+) balance is achieved by the control of urinary K+ excretion and by the control of K+ absorption from the digestive tract. It has been established that chronic potassium...
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Osteoporosis is characterized by low bone mass and results in vulnerability to fracture. Calcium and vitamin D are known to play an important role in bone health. Recently, potassium...