Systematic review of health outcomes in relation to salt intake highlights the widening divide between guidelines and the evidence

Affiliations

¹ Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan;
² First Department of Cardiology, Interventional Electrocardiology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland;
³ Pole of Cardiovascular Research, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique and Division of Cardiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium;
⁴ Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands. jan.staessen@med.kuleuven.be.

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Kei Asayama et al. Am J Hypertens. 2014 Sep.

. 2014 Sep;27(9):1138-42.

doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpu126.

¹ Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan;
² First Department of Cardiology, Interventional Electrocardiology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland;
³ Pole of Cardiovascular Research, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique and Division of Cardiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium;
⁴ Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands. jan.staessen@med.kuleuven.be.

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Compared with usual sodium intake, low- and excessive-sodium diets are associated with increased mortality: a meta-analysis.
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