OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between the behaviors of salt consumption and socio-demographic and clinical variables. METHOD: Sodium consumption was evaluated using the methods: self-reporting (considering 3 different behaviors related to salt consumption), 24- hr dietary recall, discretionary salt, food frequency questionnaire, estimation of total sodium intake and 24-hr urinary excretion of sodium (n=108). RESULTS: Elevated salt intake according to the different measurements of consumption of the nutrient was associated with the variables: male sex, low level of schooling and monthly income, being Caucasian, and being professionally inactive; and with the clinical variables: elevated Body Mass Index, tensional levels, ventricular hypertrophy and the number of medications used. CONCLUSION: The data obtained shows a heterogenous association between the different behaviors related to salt consumption and the socio-demographic and clinical variables. This data can be used to optimize the directing of educational activities with a view to reducing salt consumption among hypertensives.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between the behaviors of salt consumption and socio-demographic and clinical variables. METHOD:Sodium consumption was evaluated using the methods: self-reporting (considering 3 different behaviors related to salt consumption), 24- hr dietary recall, discretionary salt, food frequency questionnaire, estimation of total sodium intake and 24-hr urinary excretion of sodium (n=108). RESULTS: Elevated salt intake according to the different measurements of consumption of the nutrient was associated with the variables: male sex, low level of schooling and monthly income, being Caucasian, and being professionally inactive; and with the clinical variables: elevated Body Mass Index, tensional levels, ventricular hypertrophy and the number of medications used. CONCLUSION: The data obtained shows a heterogenous association between the different behaviors related to salt consumption and the socio-demographic and clinical variables. This data can be used to optimize the directing of educational activities with a view to reducing salt consumption among hypertensives.
Authors: Rachael M McLean; Victoria L Farmer; Alice Nettleton; Claire M Cameron; Nancy R Cook; Norman R C Campbell Journal: J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) Date: 2017-12 Impact factor: 3.738
Authors: Rachael M McLean; Victoria L Farmer; Alice Nettleton; Claire M Cameron; Nancy R Cook; Mark Woodward; Norman R C Campbell Journal: J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) Date: 2018-10-09 Impact factor: 3.738