Salt in health and disease–a delicate balance
Abstract
This review provides an overview of our current understanding of the relation of salt consumption to hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
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No RCTs have determined whether low sodium intake reduces CVD events or deaths compared with moderate intake.
“No RCTs have determined whether low sodium intake reduces CVD events or deaths compared with moderate intake (249).”
From Food Consumption and its Impact on Cardiovascular Disease: Importance of Solutions Focused on the Globalized Food System (2015) · cites this paper as [249]
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- Authors
- Kotchen, T. A., Cowley, A. W., & Frohlich, E. D.
- Affiliations
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- Ochsner Medical Center (US)
- Venue
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 2013-03-28
- Volume
- 368
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 1229-1237
- ISSN
- 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-4406
- OpenAlex
- W2026194061
- Cited by
- 335
- References
- 81
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 38 · 2016: 29 · 2015: 35 · 2014: 49 · 2013: 16
- FWCI
- 4.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Sodium Intake and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Electrolyte and hormonal disorders
- Keywords
- dietary salt, sodium intake, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, salt intake
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Diseases, Feeding Behavior, Humans, Hypertension, Nutrition Surveys, United States, Sodium Chloride, Dietary, Nutrition Policy
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