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Dietary Sodium Intake and Incidence of Congestive Heart Failure in Overweight US Men and Women

Archives of Internal MedicinePublished 22 July 2002
Jiang He, Lorraine G. Ogden, Lydia Bazzano, Suma Vupputuri, Catherine M. Loria, Paul K. Whelton
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TL;DR

A higher intake of dietary sodium is a strong independent risk factor for congestive heart failure in overweight persons and a reduction in sodium intake may play an important role in the prevention of CHF in overweight individuals and populations.

Abstract

A higher intake of dietary sodium is a strong independent risk factor for CHF in overweight persons. A reduction in sodium intake may play an important role in the prevention of CHF in overweight individuals and populations.

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