Comment on

• Relations between dietary sodium and potassium intakes and mortality from cardiovascular disease: the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risks.

  Umesawa M, Iso H, Date C, Yamamoto A, Toyoshima H, Watanabe Y, Kikuchi S, Koizumi A, Kondo T, Inaba Y, Tanabe N, Tamakoshi A; JACC Study Group. Umesawa M, et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jul;88(1):195-202. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/88.1.195. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008. PMID: 18614741
• Consumption of sodium and salted foods in relation to cancer and cardiovascular disease: the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study.

  Takachi R, Inoue M, Shimazu T, Sasazuki S, Ishihara J, Sawada N, Yamaji T, Iwasaki M, Iso H, Tsubono Y, Tsugane S; Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study Group. Takachi R, et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Feb;91(2):456-64. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28587. Epub 2009 Dec 16. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010. PMID: 20016010