Key result
Nonadherence to a 3-g sodium diet (HR 1.56; 95% CI 1.05-2.32) and depressive symptoms independently predicted worse 12-month event-free survival in patients with heart failure.
Why the study?
Does nonadherence to a low-sodium diet and the presence of depressive symptoms worsen event-free survival in patients with heart failure?
Cohort (n=254)
Yes
Does nonadherence to a low-sodium diet and the presence of depressive symptoms worsen event-free survival in patients with heart failure?
Hazard Ratio: 1.56 (95% CI 1.05–2.32)
Nonadherence to a low-sodium diet and the presence of depressive symptoms independently and synergistically increase the risk of cardiac events in patients with heart failure.
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Supports assessing sodium adherence and depressive symptoms in HF; leaves open whether interventions improve event-free survival.
Eun Kyeung Song (2009) conducted a cohort in Heart Failure (n=254). Nonadherence to 3-g sodium intake vs. Adherence to 3-g sodium intake was evaluated on Event-free survival (HR 1.56, 95% CI 1.05-2.32). Nonadherence to a 3-g sodium diet (HR 1.56; 95% CI 1.05-2.32) and depressive symptoms independently predicted worse 12-month event-free survival in patients with heart failure.
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