Salt and Hypertension revisited. JAMA May 2011
// Link to Podcast to hear the author defend the study and address criticism.
“ In this population-based cohort, systolic blood pressure, but not diastolic pressure, changes over time aligned with change in sodium excretion, but this association did not translate into a higher risk of hypertension or CVD complications. Lower sodium excretion was associated with higher CVD mortality.”
