Comparison of salt taste threshold in normotensive offspring of normotensive and hypertensive parents.

Objective: To compare the salt taste threshold in normotensive offspring of normotensive and hypertensive parents. Study Design: A cross-sectional comparative study. Place and Duration: Physiology Department of CMH Multan Institute of Medical Sciences, Multan, from 15th January to 15th March 2019. Methodology: Age and Body Mass Index matched 80 normotensive MBBS students were divided into two groups of 40 students each based on the absence and presence of parental history of hypertension. Salt taste threshold was determined in both the groups and compared. Results: Independent-Samples T-test showed that the salt taste threshold was significantly higher in normotensive offspring of hypertensive parents as compared to offspring of normotensive parents (p=0.004). Conclusion: The salt taste threshold in offspring of hypertensive parents was higher as compared to offspring of normotensive parents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]