Lower sodium intake reduces blood pressure in adults and children, but is not associated with a reduced risk of all CVD or all cause mortality

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-34

  Alderman, Michael H ^a   Cohen, Hillel ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; SODIUM;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POTASSIUM INTAKE; SODIUM INTAKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; MALE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 84895537161     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/eb-2013-101385     Document Type: Note

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