Why was sodium intake not examined? Martin Turner, Woolcock Institute for Medical Research 29 September 2008 Sodium intake is well known to affect BP in the short-term and very likely has a strong influence on the long-term rise of BP with age. See for eg:http://www.worldactiononsalt.com/http://www.awash.org.au/http://www.saltmatters.org/site/Could the authors explain why they chose to ignore sodium or salt intake as a lifestyle behaviour in this study?Martin Turner Competing interests None
Why was sodium intake not examined?
29 September 2008
Sodium intake is well known to affect BP in the short-term and very likely has a strong influence on the long-term rise of BP with age. See for eg:
http://www.worldactiononsalt.com/
http://www.awash.org.au/
http://www.saltmatters.org/site/
Could the authors explain why they chose to ignore sodium or salt intake as a lifestyle behaviour in this study?
Martin Turner
Competing interests
None