Projected Impact of Salt Restriction on Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in China: A Modeling Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the effects of achieving China's national goals for dietary salt (NaCl) reduction or implementing culturally-tailored dietary salt restriction strategies on cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention.

Methods

The CVD Policy Model was used to project blood pressure lowering and subsequent downstream prevented CVD that could be achieved by population-wide salt restriction in China. Outcomes were annual CVD events prevented, relative reductions in rates of CVD incidence and mortality, quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) gained, and CVD treatment costs saved.

Results

Reducing mean dietary salt intake to 9.0 g/day gradually over 10 years could prevent approximately 197 000 incident annual CVD events [95% uncertainty interval (UI): 173 000-219 000], redu

SUBMITTER: Wang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4739496 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature