Sodium

Lower dialysate sodium concentrations may be “independently associated” with higher mortality in patients on hemodialysis, according to a multinational retrospective study.

PHILADELPHIA — Switching to a low-sodium diet conferred BP benefits similar to that of hydrochlorothiazide, a common first-line antihypertensive medication, a speaker reported.

BOSTON — A large proportion of rural children were fed high-sugar and high-salt foods within the first 2 years of life, according to a study presented at NUTRITION.

In a Swedish cohort, higher salt intake was associated with hardening of the heart and neck arteries, even in individuals with normal BP.

Time-dependent dysnatremias was significantly associated with mortality among patients with chronic kidney disease, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

Data suggest reducing sodium limits on prepackaged foods to comply with new WHO benchmarks could prevent nearly 1,800 deaths and thousands of related diseases on a population level in Australia per year, researchers reported.

According to a speaker at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings, ultrafiltration should replace sodium profiling.

Higher frequencies of adding salt to food were associated with premature mortality and lower life expectancy, according to study findings published in the European Heart Journal.

Eight weeks of dietary salt restriction and diuretic intervention did not lower skin or muscle sodium in patients with elevated BP or stage I hypertension and had no effect on pulse wave velocity, researchers reported.