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Salt intake and stroke: a possible direct effect.

I J Perry1, D G Beevers

  • 1University Department of Medicine, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, UK.

Journal of Human Hypertension
|February 1, 1992
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High salt intake may increase stroke risk, independent of blood pressure. This ecological analysis found a significant link between urinary sodium excretion and cerebrovascular disease mortality in Western Europe.

Area of Science:

  • Epidemiology
  • Cardiovascular Disease Research

Background:

  • Cerebrovascular disease remains a leading cause of mortality globally.
  • Dietary factors, particularly sodium intake, are implicated in cardiovascular health.
  • Previous studies suggest a link between salt consumption and hypertension, a major stroke risk factor.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the ecological association between regional cerebrovascular disease mortality and urinary sodium excretion in Western Europe.
  • To explore the relationship between stroke mortality and other factors like body mass index and alcohol intake.
  • To determine if the association between sodium intake and stroke mortality is independent of blood pressure and body mass index.

Main Methods:

  • Ecological analysis utilizing published World Health Organization (WHO) cerebrovascular disease mortality rates.

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  • Inclusion of regional data on 24-hour urinary sodium excretion and systolic blood pressure from the INTERSALT study.
  • Linear regression analysis, with regression coefficients weighted for population size, to examine inter-relationships between variables.

    • Main Results:

    • A significant positive linear relationship was observed between regional stroke mortality and median 24-hour urinary sodium excretion (P = 0.008).
    • Body mass index (P = 0.009) and alcohol intake (P = 0.003) also showed significant associations with stroke mortality.
    • The relationship between stroke mortality and systolic blood pressure was not significant in this dataset, and the sodium-stroke mortality link remained independent of BMI in multivariate analysis.

    Conclusions:

    • The findings support the hypothesis that high salt intake may elevate the risk of stroke.
    • This association appears to be independent of the effects of sodium on blood pressure.
    • Public health strategies focusing on reducing salt consumption could be beneficial for stroke prevention.