Potassium Excretion and Outcomes in CKD: Is K Intake OK?

Dietary potassium plays a pivotal role in blood pressure (BP), and higher potassium intake may subsequently decrease cardiovascular (CV) risk and mortality.1 In this issue of AJKD, Leonberg-Yoo et al2 extend the epidemiologic evidence by relating dietary potassium intake with kidney disease progression and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).