Tuesday, August 19, 2014

NEJM - Sodium & CV Mortality

"Global Sodium Consumption and Death from Cardiovascular Causes"

"CONCLUSIONS
In this modeling study, 1.65 million deaths from cardiovascular causes that occurred in 2010 were attributed to sodium consumption above a reference level of 2.0 g per day. (Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.)"
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1304127?query=featured_home

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