Influence of sodium consumption and associated knowledge on poststroke hypertension in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We assessed 24-hour urine sodium levels as an index of dietary salt consumption and its association with dietary salt knowledge and hypertension among poststroke patients with and without a history of hypertension in Uganda.

Methods

A case-control study in which poststroke patients with a history of hypertension (cases, n = 123) were compared to poststroke patients without known hypertension (controls, n = 112). Dietary salt intake was assessed by 24-hour urine sodium, a valid measure of dietary salt consumption. Dietary salt knowledge was determined by questionnaire. The independent relationships among salt knowledge, 24-hour urine sodium, and blood pressure control were assessed using multiple regression analysis.

Results

High 24-hour urine sodium (≥8.5 g/

SUBMITTER: Kaddumukasa MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5035979 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature