Reduction in blood pressure with a low sodium, high potassium, high magnesium salt in older subjects with mild to moderate hypertension.

What Was Tested

Researchers studied Magnesium in the context of low blood pressure and orthostatic hypotension in this randomized controlled trial publication.

Who Took Part

The abstract describes 100 men taking part.

The age groups tagged for this paper are middle-aged adults and older adults, both men and women.

100 men and women between 55 and 75 years of age with untreated mild to moderate hypertension.

How the Study Was Run

The researchers set it up as a randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled study.

The men were allocated by chance, so the Magnesium group and the comparison group should start out alike.

Blinding on both sides kept the men and researchers unaware of who received Magnesium.

Some men received a placebo instead of Magnesium, giving a reference point.

Randomised double blind placebo controlled trial.

General population of a suburb of Rotterdam.

Controls received common salt and foods.

What Was Measured

PubMed files the paper under topics including Blood Pressure, Hypertension, Life Style, Magnesium, Potassium, Potassium, Dietary and Sodium.

What This Means in Plain Language

The paper is a randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled study of Magnesium in 100 men in people with low blood pressure and orthostatic hypotension.

The abstract goes on to report its results in about 4 sentences; this page does not restate them, so read the paper for the findings and their limits.

The publication is from 1994 (BMJ (Clinical research ed.)), a journal based in England.

More context: the related Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc library page, Low blood pressure and orthostatic hypotension research.