Research Question:
High sodium intake increases the risk of dying from heart disease?
Study Design:
This overview article contained 11 prospective cohort studies with 229785 participants and an average follow-up time of 13.37 years (5.5-19 years).
Results and conclusions:
The researchers found that a high sodium intake the likelihood of dying from heart disease significantly with 12% increased [RR = 1.12, 95% CI = 1.06-1.19].
The researchers found in a meta-regression that every increase of 10 mmol (230 mg) sodium per day the chances of dying from heart disease significantly with 1% (p = 0.016) increased.
The researchers concluded that a high sodium intake the likelihood of dying from heart disease among the general population increased.
Original title:
Daily sodium consumption and CVD mortality in the general population: systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies by Poggio R, Gutierrez L, [...], Rubinstein A.
Link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24848764
information of El Mondo:
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A sodium rich (or salt rich) diet is a diet with more than 0.5 grams of sodium per 100 g.