Association between dietary sodium intake and blood pressure variability in Chinese patients with hypertension

Background:The association between dietary sodium intake and blood pressure variability(BPV)in hypertensive patients remains unclear.The objective of this study was to demonstrate whether dietary sodium intake is a predictor of elevated BPV in Chinese patients with hypertension.Methods:A total of 235 patients with essential hypertension were enrolled in the Department of Cardiology,Chinese People’s Liberation Army(PLA)General Hospital in 2018 to 2019,all of whom underwent 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.BPV was calculated as the standard deviation(SD),coefficient of variation(CV),variation independent of mean(VIM)of blood pressure measurements,respectively,and divided into diurnal systolic BPV(SBPV),diurnal diastolic BPV(DBPV),nocturnal SBPV,and nocturnal DBPV.24-h urine samples were collected to measure 24-h urine sodium excretion,which represents dietary sodium intake.The relationship between dietary sodium intake and BPV was analyzed by using Spearman correlations and multiple linear regression analysis.Results:Nocturnal SBPV-SD,CV,VIM,and nocturnal DBPV-SD in the high urine sodium excretion group were significantly higher than those in the medium and low urine sodium excretion groups,whereas diurnal SBPV-SD,CV,VIM,diurnal DBPV-SD,CV,VIM,and nocturnal DBPV-CV,VIM were not.Using the Spearman correlation analysis,we found a linear correlation between 24-h urine sodium excretion and nocturnal SBPV-SD,CV,VIM(SD,r=0.22,P=0.001;CV,r=0.17,P=0.009;VIM,r=0.16,P=0.020),nocturnal DBPV-SD(r=0.21,P=0.001),respectively.After further adjusting for confounding factors by multiple linear regression,the positive correlations remained between 24-h urine sodium excretion and nocturnal SBPV-SD,CV,VIM(SD,β=0.224,P<0.001;CV,β=0.211,P=0.001;VIM,β=0.213,P=0.001),nocturnal DBPV(SD,β=0.215,P=0.001),respectively.Conclusions:Dietary sodium intake is associated with nocturnal SBPV in Chinese patients with hypertension.

GWs from S-stars Revolving Around SMBH at Sgr A

A preliminary estimation of gravitational waves(GWs) from the extreme-mass-ratio-inspirals(EMRIs)system in the Galactic Centre(GC) is given for the 37 observed S-stars revolving around the supermassive black hole(SMBH) at Sagittarius(Sgr) A*. Within this century, the total strain of the gravitational waveform calculated from the post-Newtonian(PN) method with eccentricity is well below the current planned sensitivity of pulsar-timing-array(PTA). New technology might be required in order to extract GW signal from this EMRIs system for future PTA detections.