[Clinical effectiveness and a change in the tolerance for physical loading in hypertension patients with a moderate limitation of table salt consumption].

Salt sensitivity was measured in 38 patients with first- and second-stage essential hypertension. Patients with high salt sensitivity were identified, in whom moderately limited (to 6 or 5 g daily) dietary salt consumption produced a hypotensive effect. A combination of low-sodium diet and hypotensive drugs in salt-sensitive patients allows diminished dosage of medication. Moderately-limited dietary salt uptake was shown to increase exercise tolerance in patients with essential hypertension.