Diana Lelli1, Raffaele Antonelli-Incalzi2, Stefania Bandinelli3, Luigi Ferrucci4, Claudio Pedone2. 1. Area di Geriatria, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: d.lelli@unicampus.it. 2. Area di Geriatria, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy. 3. Geriatric Rehabilitation Unit, Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze, Florence, Italy. 4. Longitudinal Studies Section, Clinical Research Branch, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: High dietary sodium intake is a risk factor for cardiovascular events and death. Recently, a J-shaped correlation between sodium intake and adverse outcomes has been shown. The evidence on the association between sodium intake and cardiovascular outcomes in the elderly is scant. The objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation between sodium intake and cardiovascular events and mortality in an elderly population, taking into account frailty status. DESIGN: Cohort study of community dwelling older people enrolled in the InCHIANTI (Invecchiare in Chianti - Aging in the Chianti) study from 1998 to 2000 and followed-up for 9 years. SETTING: Two communities in Tuscany, Italy. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 920 participants 65 years of age and older, with 24-hour urinary sodium excretion data. MEASUREMENTS: Nine-year mortality and incident cardiovascular events were analyzed using Cox and nonlinear log-binomial models, stratified by frailty status. Sensitivity analysis in participants without hypertension and cardiovascular diseases was performed. RESULTS: Mean age of the population was 74.5 years (standard deviation 6.99); 55.4% were women. There was a bi-modal association between sodium excretion and mortality, with risk increasing only below sodium excretion of 6.25 g/d [hazard ratio (HR) 1.29, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.20-1.38], confirmed in the adjusted model (HR 1.12, 95% CI 1.04-1.22). These results were confirmed in participants without cardiovascular diseases. After stratification for frailty phenotype, the association was stronger in frail participants (adjusted HR 1.23, 95% CI 1.02-1.50 vs HR 1.11, 95% CI 1.01-1.22 in robust participants). There was no association between 24-hour sodium excretion and 9-year incidence of cardiovascular diseases (adjusted risk ratio 0.96, 95% CI 0.90-1.02). CONCLUSIONS: Reduced sodium excretion is associated with increased mortality in a sample of community-dwelling older people, especially among the frail participants. High levels of sodium excretion are not associated with adverse outcomes in this population; therefore, sodium restriction might not be beneficial in older people.
OBJECTIVE: High dietary sodium intake is a risk factor for cardiovascular events and death. Recently, a J-shaped correlation between sodium intake and adverse outcomes has been shown. The evidence on the association between sodium intake and cardiovascular outcomes in the elderly is scant. The objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation between sodium intake and cardiovascular events and mortality in an elderly population, taking into account frailty status. DESIGN: Cohort study of community dwelling older people enrolled in the InCHIANTI (Invecchiare in Chianti - Aging in the Chianti) study from 1998 to 2000 and followed-up for 9 years. SETTING: Two communities in Tuscany, Italy. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 920 participants 65 years of age and older, with 24-hour urinary sodium excretion data. MEASUREMENTS: Nine-year mortality and incident cardiovascular events were analyzed using Cox and nonlinear log-binomial models, stratified by frailty status. Sensitivity analysis in participants without hypertension and cardiovascular diseases was performed. RESULTS: Mean age of the population was 74.5 years (standard deviation 6.99); 55.4% were women. There was a bi-modal association between sodium excretion and mortality, with risk increasing only below sodium excretion of 6.25 g/d [hazard ratio (HR) 1.29, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.20-1.38], confirmed in the adjusted model (HR 1.12, 95% CI 1.04-1.22). These results were confirmed in participants without cardiovascular diseases. After stratification for frailty phenotype, the association was stronger in frail participants (adjusted HR 1.23, 95% CI 1.02-1.50 vs HR 1.11, 95% CI 1.01-1.22 in robust participants). There was no association between 24-hour sodium excretion and 9-year incidence of cardiovascular diseases (adjusted risk ratio 0.96, 95% CI 0.90-1.02). CONCLUSIONS: Reduced sodium excretion is associated with increased mortality in a sample of community-dwelling older people, especially among the frail participants. High levels of sodium excretion are not associated with adverse outcomes in this population; therefore, sodium restriction might not be beneficial in older people.
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