Sodium intake, life expectancy, and all-cause mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Since dietary sodium intake has been identified as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and premature death, a high sodium intake can be expected to curtail life span. We tested this hypothesis by analysing the relationship between sodium intake and life expectancy as well as survival in 181 countries worldwide.

Methods and results

We correlated age-standardized estimates of country-specific average sodium consumption with healthy life expectancy at birth and at age of 60 years, death due to non-communicable diseases and all-cause mortality for the year of 2010, after adjusting for potential confounders such as gross domestic product per capita and body mass index. We considered global health estimates as provided by World Health Organization. Among the 181 countrie

SUBMITTER: Messerli FH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8169157 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature