Consumption of table salt and psychological status in patients with arterial hypertension].

V S Volkov, O B Poseliugina, S A Rokkina, S A Nilova

Klinicheskaia meditsina 2012

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The frequency of neurotic disorder was studied in 630 patients with arterial hypertension (AH) who consumed large amounts of table salt (TS). Their threshold gustatory sensitivity to salt (TGS) was determined in conjunction with daily sodium excretion in urine and psychological features (using the SMOL test. MOS SF-36 questionnaire, and Zung depression scale). It was shown that AH patients consume 6-7 g more salt than healthy subjects due to the love of salty food and high TGS. Such patients are characterized by high activity and ambitiousness, and unrealized strive for obtaining a higher position. Their psychological status is dominated by anxiety, tension, and depression. The state of the vegetative nervous system is prevailed by sympaticotony.

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V S Volkov, O B Poseliugina, S A Rokkina, S A Nilova. Consumption of table salt and psychological status in patients with arterial hypertension]. Klinicheskaia meditsina. 2012;90(4):56-8