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Proceedings from the workshop on estimating the contributions of sodium reduction to preventable death
Authors:
Steven M. Schmidt,
Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, US
Talley Andrews,
Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, US
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo,
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, US
Vicki Burt,
Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD, US
Nancy R. Cook,
Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, US
Majid Ezzati,
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, GB
Johanna M. Geleijnse,
Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, NL
Jack Homer,
Homer Consulting, Voorhees, NJ, US
Michel Joffres,
Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, CA
Nora L. Keenan,
Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, US
Darwin R. Labarthe,
Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, US
Malcolm Law,
Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, GB
Catherine M. Loria,
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, US
Diane Orenstein,
Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, US
Michael W. Schooley,
Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, US
Seetha Sukumar,
Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, US
Yuling Hong
Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, US
Abstract
The primary goal of this workshop was to identify the most appropriate method to estimate the potential effect of reduction in sodium consumption on mortality. Difficulty controlling hypertension at the individual level has motivated international, federal, state, and local efforts to identify and implement population-wide strategies to better control this problem; reduction of sodium intake is one such strategy. Published estimates of the impact of sodium consumption on mortality have used different modeling approaches, effect sizes, and levels of sodium consumption, and thus their estimates of preventable deaths averted vary widely, and are not comparable. In response to this problem, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (DHDSP) convened and facilitated a workshop to examine different methods of estimating the effect of sodium reduction on mortality. The panelists agreed that any of the methodologies presented could provide reasonable estimates, and therefore discussion focused on challenges faced by all methods. The panel concluded that future sodium modeling efforts should generate multiple estimates employing the same scenarios and effect sizes while using different modeling techniques; in addition, future efforts should include outcomes other than mortality (morbidity, costs, and quality of life). Varying reductions in sodium should be modeled at the population level over different time intervals. In an effort to better address some of the uncertainties highlighted by this workshop, the panelists are currently considering developing multiple estimates in a collaborative manner to clarify the potential impact of population-based interventions to reduce sodium consumption.
How to Cite:
Schmidt SM, Andrews T, Bibbins-Domingo K, Burt V, Cook NR, Ezzati M, et al.. Proceedings from the workshop on estimating the contributions of sodium reduction to preventable death. Global Heart. 2011;6(2):35–40. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cvdpc.2011.02.003
Published on
01 Jun 2011.
Peer Reviewed
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