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Table 2 Summary results for different categories of sodium and subsequent major cardiovascular outcomes

From: Association of sodium intake and major cardiovascular outcomes: a dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

Outcomes

Low sodium

P value

Moderate sodium

P value

Heavy sodium

P value

Cardiac death

1.19 (1.06–1.33)

0.003

0.91 (0.71–1.15)

0.421

1.02 (0.92–1.13)

0.762

Total mortality

1.02 (0.89–1.18)

0.779

0.98 (0.85–1.14)

0.806

1.09 (0.94–1.27)

0.257

Stroke

1.25 (0.85–1.85)

0.260

1.11 (1.00–1.24)

0.058

1.02 (0.93–1.11)

0.720

Stroke mortality

1.20 (0.96–1.50)

0.117

1.50 (1.20–1.88)

< 0.001

1.81 (1.29–2.55)

0.001

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