Dietary salt intake and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Many guidelines recommend that patients with type 2 diabetes should aim to reduce their intake of salt. However, the precise relationship between dietary salt intake and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes has not been previously explored.

Research design and methods

Six hundred and thirty-eight patients attending a single diabetes clinic were followed in a prospective cohort study. Baseline sodium excretion was estimated from 24-h urinary collections (24hU(Na)). The predictors of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality were determined by Cox regression and competing risk modeling, respectively.

Results

The mean baseline 24hU(Na) was 184 ± 73 mmol/24 h, which remained consistent throughout the follow-up (intraindividual coefficient of variation [CV] 23

SUBMITTER: Ekinci EI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3041211 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature