Sodium and potassium intake and mortality among US adults: prospective data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
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Sodium and potassium intake and mortality among US adults: prospective data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Abstract
Background: Several epidemiologic studies suggested that higher sodium and lower potassium intakes were associated with increased risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Few studies have examined joint effects of dietary sodium and potassium intake on risk of mortality.
Methods: To investigate estimated usual intakes of sodium and potassium as well as their ratio in relation to risk of all-cause and CVD mortality, the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Linked Mortality File (1988-2006), a prospective cohort study of a nationally representative sample of 12,267 US adults, studied all-cause, cardiovascular, and ischemic heart (IHD) diseases mortality.
Results: During a mean follow-up period of 14.8 years, we documented a total of 2270 deaths, including 825 CVD deaths and 443 IHD deaths. After multivariable adjustment, higher sodium intake was associated with increased all-cause mortality (hazard ratio [HR], 1.20; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.03-1.41 per 1000 mg/d), whereas higher potassium intake was associated with lower mortality risk (HR, 0.80; 95% CI, 0.67-0.94 per 1000 mg/d). For sodium-potassium ratio, the adjusted HRs comparing the highest quartile with the lowest quartile were HR, 1.46 (95% CI, 1.27-1.67) for all-cause mortality; HR, 1.46 (95% CI, 1.11-1.92) for CVD mortality; and HR, 2.15 (95% CI, 1.48-3.12) for IHD mortality. These findings did not differ significantly by sex, race/ethnicity, body mass index, hypertension status, education levels, or physical activity.
Conclusion: Our findings suggest that a higher sodium-potassium ratio is associated with significantly increased risk of CVD and all-cause mortality, and higher sodium intake is associated with increased total mortality in the general US population.
Comment in
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Sodium and potassium intake: mortality effects and policy implications: comment on "Sodium and potassium intake and mortality among US adults".Arch Intern Med. 2011 Jul 11;171(13):1191-2. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.271. Arch Intern Med. 2011. PMID: 21747016 No abstract available.
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Reanalysis of NHANES III data on sodium association with mortality: appropriate adjustment for potassium not performed.Arch Intern Med. 2011 Dec 12;171(22):2063; author reply 2064. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.589. Arch Intern Med. 2011. PMID: 22158581 No abstract available.
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Method of estimating sodium intake and its possible influence on NHANES III outcome.Arch Intern Med. 2011 Dec 12;171(22):2063-4; author reply 2064. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.590. Arch Intern Med. 2011. PMID: 22158582 No abstract available.
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