Does sodium consumption above 2.0 g per day increase deaths from cardiovascular causes globally?
High sodium consumption (>2.0 g/day) is associated with a substantial global burden of cardiovascular mortality.
In this modeling study, 1.65 million deaths from cardiovascular causes that occurred in 2010 were attributed to sodium consumption above a reference level of 2.0 g per day. (Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.).
Mozaffarian et al. (Wed,) studied this question.