Abstract
Objective: To compare the salt taste threshold in normotensive offspring of normotensive and hypertensive parents.
Study Design: A cross-sectional comparative study.
Place and Duration: Physiology Department of CMH Multan Institute of Medical Sciences, Multan, from 15th January to 15th March
2019.
Methodology: Age and Body Mass Index matched 80 normotensive MBBS students were divided into two groups of 40 students
each based on the absence and presence of parental history of hypertension. Salt taste threshold was determined in both the
groups and compared.
Results: Independent-Samples T-test showed that the salt taste threshold was significantly higher in normotensive offspring of
hypertensive parents as compared to offspring of normotensive parents (p=0.004).
Conclusion: The salt taste threshold in offspring of hypertensive parents was higher as compared to offspring of normotensive
parents.
Sidra Arshad, Muhammad Usman Bashir, Sara Naeem, Faiza , Mannal Saleem , Sahar Fatima. (2020) Comparison of salt taste threshold in normotensive offspring of normotensive and hypertensive parents, Isra Medical Journal, Volume 12, Issue 1.
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