Effect of lower sodium intake on health: systematic review and meta-analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effect of decreased sodium intake on blood pressure, related cardiovascular diseases, and potential adverse effects such as changes in blood lipids, catecholamine levels, and renal function.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medline, Embase, WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, the Latin American and Caribbean health science literature database, and the reference lists of previous reviews.

Study selection

Randomised controlled trials and prospective cohort studies in non-acutely ill adults and children assessing the relations between sodium intake and blood pressure, renal function, blood lipids, and catecholamine levels, and in non-acutely ill adults

SUBMITTER: Aburto NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4816261 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature