October 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:(4) Online First
BJCardio Staff
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June 2011 Br J Cardiol 2011;18:111–12
Controversial salt paper published A new European study has caused controversy by suggesting that lowering salt intake may not be beneficial. The study, published recently in JAMA (May 4th 2011 issue), was conducted by a team from the University of Leuven, Belgium. They followed 3,681 participants who were free of cardiovascular disease at baseline for a median of 7.9 years, and found an inverse relationship between cardiovascular deaths and 24-hour sodium excretion (which correlates to salt intake), although systolic blood pressure was higher with higher salt intake. But an editorial in the Lancet (May 12th 2011 issue) criticises the study,
July 2005 Br J Cardiol (Acute Interv Cardiol) 2005;12:AIC 62–AIC 67
Matt J Wright, J Simon R Gibbs
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