Evaluation of exposure to effervescent drugs in a large health check-up population in France: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The relationship between high dietary sodium intake and hypertension is well established. Some drugs are associated with high-sodium content, particularly effervescent tablets (ETs). Despite a possible cardiovascular risk associated with the use of such drugs, observational data describing exposure to ETs in ambulatory subjects are lacking.This study aims to estimate the prevalence of exposure to ETs and to highlight factors associated with this exposure in a large French health check-up population.

Design

This was a cross-sectional study.

Setting and participants

Participants were French individuals who underwent medical check-ups at the Investigations Préventives et Cliniques centre between April and June 2017.

Results

In total, 1043 subjects were

SUBMITTER: Perrin G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6067332 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature