Salt Intake and All-Cause Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients.

CONCLUSION: Low salt intake, but not high salt intake, was associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in Japanese hemodialysis patients. Further studies to justify including a lower limit of salt intake for hemodialysis patients are suggested.
PMID: 30086543 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: American Journal of Nephrology - August 7, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Ikenoue T, Koike K, Fukuma S, Ogata S, Iseki K, Fukuhara S Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research