Household dietary salt consumption and mortality from cardiovascular diseases: an ecological panel analysis in Japan

ConclusionsThese findings may suggest that the reduction of salt in processed foods, in addition to individual behavioural change, could be useful for decreasing mortality from ischaemic heart diseases in the Japanese population. Ecological factors related to decreasing cerebrovascular disease mortality in the context of the ageing Japanese population require further investigation.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research