Too much salt damages blood vessels and cause high BP

Too much salt damages blood vessels and cause high BP New Delhi, July 17, 2016: "Eating a high-salt diet for several years is associated with markers of blood vessel damage like high uric acid and presence of albumin in the urine. People with any of these markers of blood vessel damage, with a high-salt diet are more likely to develop high blood pressure," said Padma Shri Awardee Dr KK Aggarwal – President Heart Care Foundation of India (HCFI) and Honorary Secretary General IMA.
The study published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation analysed the association between sodium consumption and blood levels of uric acid and albumin in the urine — both markers of blood vessel damage — in participants not taking high blood pressure medicine. Higher sodium intake was associated with increasing levels of uric acid and albumin over time. The higher the levels of these markers, the greater the risk of developing hypertension, if dietary salt intake was high.
Compared with participants eating the least amount of sodium (2.2 grams a day), those eating the most (6.2 grams mg/d) were 21% more likely to develop high blood pressure.
Those who had high uric acid levels and ate the most salt were 32% more likely to develop high blood pressure while those with high urine albumin levels and highest salt intake were 86% more likely to develop high blood pressure.
A high-salt diet is believed to be responsible for 20% to 40% of all cases of high blood pressure.