Evaluation of Salt Sensitivity in Young Adults

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Conditions studied: Healthy Volunteers

In brief

The current prospective cross-sectional pilot study is proposed to determine a set of characteristic factors associated with salt sensitivity in young adults by measuring blood pressure, serum aldosterone levels, urine analysis, arterial pulse wave velocity and central arterial pressure in response to short term increases in salt intake.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02588352

Run by

NYU Langone Health

People needed

40

Starts

2012-05-01

Expected to finish

2015-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-05-19

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 30. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Young adults age 21-30
• Able and willing to provide written informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Any cardiovascular or other chronic health problem
• Chronic medications besides oral contraceptive pills in women
• BMI>30kg/m2
• Blood pressure >140/90 mmHg
• Inability or unwillingness to adhere to study procedures

Where it is running

• NYU Langone Medical Center — New York, New York, United States

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