Drinking Water Salinity, Hydration, Kidney Health, and Blood Pressure in Hot, Dry Places
Drinking water salinity in a hot-dry environment: Hydration, kidney function, and blood pressure
This project looks at how salty drinking water in hot, dry areas might affect your body's hydration, kidney health, and blood pressure.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Pennsylvania State University, the NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (University Park, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11194288 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
Many adults around the world, including in the United States, are exposed to increasingly salty drinking water due to droughts and other environmental changes. We want to understand if this salty water truly impacts how your body manages water, affects your kidney function, and raises your blood pressure. Our goal is to find clear connections between drinking water salinity and these health outcomes, especially in hot environments where people need more water. This will help us develop health standards for drinking water salinity, similar to how we have guidelines for dietary salt.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates for future related studies would be adults aged 21 and older living in hot, dry environments where drinking water salinity is a concern.
Not a fit: Patients whose health conditions are unrelated to drinking water quality or who do not live in areas with high drinking water salinity may not directly benefit from this specific research.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could lead to new health standards for drinking water salinity, helping to protect kidney function and manage blood pressure for people living in affected areas.
How similar studies have performed: While some past work has looked at drinking water quality, this project aims to provide clearer evidence by carefully separating the effects of salinity from other factors, which has been a challenge in previous studies.
Where this research is happening
University Park, United States
- Pennsylvania State University, the — University Park, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Rosinger, Asher Y. — Pennsylvania State University, the
- Study coordinator: Rosinger, Asher Y.
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.