The Effects of Potassium on Physiological and Cardiovascular Variables in Healthy Persons

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

In humans living of fruit and vegetables, hypertension is rarely seen. We wish to study if the development of hypertension has a connection to our intake of potassium. We know that fruit and vegetables contain a lot of potassium and we will simulate this intake by giving healthy subjects potassium as tablets.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Erling Bjerregaard Pedersen
• Treatments: Calcium

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy

• age 18-40 years old

• BMI 18, 5-30

• non-smoker

Exclusion Criteria:

• daily use of medicine

• alcohol or drugs

• desire to become pregnant

• not using safe anti-contraceptive

• abnormal results in the initial testing