Baseline characteristics of participants
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We recruited 50 IHA patients for the dietary intervention trial and assigned them to the low sodium group or the normal sodium group (25 patients per group) in a randomized manner. The trial’s timeline is shown in Study timeline.Baseline characteristics of participants in the two groups.BMI, body mass index; DDD, defined daily dose; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; MAP, mean arterial pressure; HT, hypertension; ACTH, adrenal corticotropic hormone; PRA, plasma renin activity; PAC, plasma aldosterone concentration; ARR, aldosterone to renin ratio; NaNormally distributed data are presented as means ± standard deviations and non-normally distributed data are expressed as median and interquartile intervals (IQ 25%–75%). Categorical variables are presented as percentages.