Why the study?
Does dietary salt reduction to <5 g/d prevent hypertension and cardiovascular disease globally?
Does dietary salt reduction to <5 g/d prevent hypertension and cardiovascular disease globally?
The World Hypertension League and partner organizations strongly advocate for global dietary salt reduction to <5 g/day to prevent hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and premature death.
May support ongoing salt reduction efforts in hypertension care; leaves open need for updated RCTs across populations.
This work is an updated version of the WHL 2014 Dietary Salt Fact Sheet.53 Dr Mark Niebylski and Kimbree Redburn are paid WHL consultants but report no other conflicts. Dr Ji-Guang Wang reports receiving research grants and consulting fees from several BP-measuring device companies including A&D, AViTA, Honsun, Omron, and Rossmax but reports no other conflicts. Dr Michael Weber is a consultant for and received travel support from Omron but reports no other conflicts. All other authors including those from WHL and the International Society of Hypertension report no conflicts of interest.
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