Estimated population wide benefits and risks in China of lowering sodium through potassium enriched salt substitution: modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the effects of nationwide replacement of discretionary salt (used at table or during cooking) with potassium enriched salt substitute on morbidity and death from cardiovascular disease in China.

Design

Modelling study.

Setting

China.

Population

Adult population in China, and specifically individuals with chronic kidney disease (about 17 million people).

Interventions

Comparative risk assessment models were used to estimate the effects of a nationwide intervention to replace discretionary dietary salt with potassium enriched salt substitutes (20-30% potassium chloride). The models incorporated existing data and corresponding uncertainties from randomised trials, the China National Survey of Chronic Kidney Disease, the Global Burden

SUBMITTER: Marklund M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7190075 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature