Why the study?
Does population-level salt reduction improve blood pressure and reduce stroke and ischaemic heart disease mortality in adults?
Population
Adults aged ≥16 years in England from the Health Survey for England
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
8 years (2003 to 2011)
Authors
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Supports salt reduction policies; extends observational trends but leaves causality open for RCTs.
Does population-level salt reduction improve blood pressure and reduce stroke and ischaemic heart disease mortality in adults?
Population-level salt reduction in England from 2003 to 2011 was associated with significant reductions in blood pressure and mortality from stroke and ischemic heart disease.
He et al. (2014) studied this question.
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