Sodium sensitivity independently predicted death (OR 1.73; 95% CI 1.02-2.94), with normotensive salt-sensitive subjects having increased mortality compared to salt-resistant subjects (P<0.001).
Cohort (n=708)
Does salt sensitivity predict mortality in normotensive and hypertensive humans?
Salt sensitivity independently predicts mortality, demonstrating that even normotensive individuals with salt sensitivity face mortality risks comparable to hypertensive patients.
Effect estimate: OR 1.73 (95% CI 1.02-2.94)
p-value: p=<0.001
Although factors such as age, blood pressure, and its responsiveness to changes in sodium balance and extracellular fluid volume status (salt sensitivity) are associated with an increased risk of end-organ disease and cardiovascular events in hypertensive subjects, no such relationship with mortality has been demonstrated for salt sensitivity in normotensive subjects. We conducted long-term follow-up of 430 normal and 278 hypertensive subjects in whom assessment of salt sensitivity of blood pressure was performed as long as 27 years ago. We ascertained the status of 596 subjects (85% of the total population), 123 (21%) of whom had died. The following initial measurements were significantly (P 25 years when initially studied were found to have a cumulative mortality similar to that of hypertensive subjects, whereas salt-resistant normotensive subjects had increased survival ( P <0.001). These observations provide unique evidence of a relationship between salt sensitivity and mortality that is independent of elevated blood pressure.
Weinberger et al. (Thu,) conducted a cohort in Normotension and Hypertension (n=708). Salt sensitivity vs. Salt resistance was evaluated on Death (mortality) (OR 1.73, 95% CI 1.02-2.94, p=<0.001). Sodium sensitivity independently predicted death (OR 1.73; 95% CI 1.02-2.94), with normotensive salt-sensitive subjects having increased mortality compared to salt-resistant subjects (P<0.001).