Author response: Influence of sodium consumption and associated knowledge on poststroke hypertension in Uganda

We thank Dr. Chin for the interest and comments on our article.1 We agree that stroke survivors in our study may have received some informal health education, supporting the case for even lower knowledge rates in the public population.1 In Uganda, suboptimal blood pressure control remains a challenge with varied prevalence and excessively low awareness, treatment, and control.2 We agree that the effect of invisible salt in Uganda's urban areas relates to an increasing prevalence of high blood pressure in this population. If not addressed, this portends a high burden of cardiovascular stroke events.3 Because hypertension is the single most important treatable risk factor for stroke, based on the results of our study,1 we agree that a public education campaign aimed at reducing added salt in the diet of Ugandans is urgently needed.
Source: Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: WRITECLICK & amp;reg; EDITOR ' S CHOICE Source Type: research