Dietary sodium and cardiovascular outcomes: A rational approach

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• 作者：S. Brian Penner ; MD¹ ; ^{bpenner@cc.umanitoba.ca} ; Norm R.C. Campbell ; MD² ; Arun Chockalingam ; PhD³ ; Kelly Zarnke ; MD⁴ ; Bruce Van Vliet ; PhD⁵
• 关键词：Diet ; Education ; Hypertension ; Population health ; Prevention of blood pressure elevation ; Sodium
• 刊名：Canadian Journal of Cardiology
• 出版年：2007
• 出版时间：May 2007
• 年：2007
• 卷：23
• 期：7
• 页码：567-572
• 全文大小：152 K

文摘

Hypertension, the leading risk factor for mortality in the world, affects nearly one in four Canadians. There is substantive evidence that high dietary sodium contributes to hypertension. Animal studies consistently demonstrate increased blood pressure and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality with high dietary sodium intake. Evidence of the adverse health effects in humans associated with increased sodium intake is accumulating rapidly. Previously, limitations on sodium consumption were recommended only for those identifiable groups of people shown to be at higher risk. With the lifetime risk of developing hypertension being more than 90 % in an average lifespan, the need for a population-based approach to reducing hypertension is clear. The present paper reviews the evidence of sodium and cardiovascular disease, resulting in the 2007 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendation of daily intake of less than 100 mmol of sodium in both normotensive and hypertensive adults.