Yes. Dietary sodium and potassium intake can modulate blood pressure, even in pregnant individuals. In one study,[1] blood pressure was highest among women with high sodium intake and low potassium intake and lowest among women with low sodium intake and high potassium intake. Additionally, in another study, pregnant women who experienced preeclampsia had lower levels of serum potassium.[2]
References
- ^Yılmaz ZV, Akkaş E, Türkmen GG, Kara Ö, Yücel A, Uygur DDietary sodium and potassium intake were associated with hypertension, kidney damage and adverse perinatal outcome in pregnant women with preeclampsiaHypertens Pregnancy.(2017 Feb)
- ^Serum sodium and potassium levels in preeclampsia: A case-control study in a large tertiary hospital in Ghana