Drinking WaterSodiumandBloodPressure inChildren: A SecondLook

Aprevious study bythecurrent authors demonstrated astatistically significant andclinically important elevation of3-5mmHginmeansystolic and diastolic blood pressure inhighschool sophomores in acommunity with108mg/Lofsodiuminthewater supply whencompared totheir peers inanappropri- ately matched community with8mg/Lofsodium. The current investigation, employing identical techniques butstudying third graders inthesametwocommu- nities, showedsimilar results. Thissecond lookcon- sidered dietary intake andurinary excretion ofso-