American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 638-646 , April 2009

The Effects of Dietary Patterns on Urinary Albumin Excretion: Results of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Trial

  • David R. Jacobs Jr, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
    • Department of Nutrition, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to David R. Jacobs Jr, PhD, University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, 1300 South 2nd St, Ste 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454
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  • Myron D. Gross, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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  • Lyn Steffen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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  • Michael W. Steffes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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  • Xinhua Yu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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  • Laura P. Svetkey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Duke Hypertension Center, and Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Lawrence J. Appel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
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  • William M. Vollmer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR
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  • George A. Bray, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pennington Biomedical Research Center, part of the Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA
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  • Thomas Moore, MD

      Affiliations

    • Office of Clinical Research, Boston University Medical Center, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Paul R. Conlin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, and Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Frank Sacks, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, and Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Received 30 May 2008 ,Accepted 23 October 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.10.048 on January 17, 2009.

PII: S0272-6386(08)01748-4

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.10.048

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 638-646 , April 2009

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