Joint Effects of Sodium and Potassium Intake on Subsequent Cardiovascular Disease The Trials of Hypertension Prevention Follow-up Study
Nancy R. Cook, Eva Obarzanek, Jeffrey A. Cutler, Julie E. Buring, Kathryn M. Rexrode, Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Lawrence J. Appel, Paul K. Whelton and Trials Hypertension Prevention Col
Archives of internal medicine (1960), v 169(1), pp 32-40
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Background: Previous studies of dose-response effects of usual sodium and potassium intake on subsequent cardiovascular disease (CVD) have largely relied on suboptimal measures of intake.
Methods: Two trials of sodium reduction and other interventions collected 24-hour urinary excretions intermittently during 18 months from September 17, 1987, to January 12, 1990 (Trials of Hypertension Prevention [TOHP] I), and during 36 months from December 18, 1990, to April 7, 1995 (TOHP II), among adults with pre-hypertension aged 30 to 54 years. Among adults not assigned to an active sodium reduction intervention, we assessed the relationship of a mean of 3 to 7 twenty-four hour urinary excretions of sodium and potassium and their ratio with subsequent CVD (stroke, myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization, or CVD mortality) through 10 to 15 years of posttrial follow-up.
Results: Among 2974 participants, follow-up information was obtained on 2275 participants (76.5%), with 193 CVD events. After adjustment for baseline variables and lifestyle changes, there was a nonsignificant trend in CVD risk across sex-specific quartiles of urinary sodium excretion (rate ratio [RR] from lowest to highest, 1.00, 0.99, 1.16, and 1.20; P=.38 for trend) and potassium excretion (RR, 1.00, 0.94, 0.91, and 0.64; P=.08 for trend) but a significant trend across quartiles of the sodium to potassium excretion ratio (RR, 1.00, 0.84, 1.18, and 1.50; P=.04 for trend). In models containing both measures simultaneously, linear effects were as follows: RR, 1.42; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.99 to 2.04 per 100 mmol/24 h of urinary sodium excretion (P=.05); and 0.67; 0.41 to 1.10 per 50 mmol/24 h of urinary potassium excretion (P=.12). A model containing the sodium to potassium excretion ratio (RR, 1.24; 95% CI, 1.05-1.46; P=.01) had the lowest Bayes information criterion (best fit).
Conclusion: A higher sodium to potassium excretion ratio is associated with increased risk of subsequent CVD, with an effect stronger than that of sodium or potassium alone.
Joint Effects of Sodium and Potassium Intake on Subsequent Cardiovascular Disease The Trials of Hypertension Prevention Follow-up Study
Creators
Nancy R. Cook - Harvard University ,
Eva Obarzanek - National Institutes of Health
Jeffrey A. Cutler - National Institutes of Health
Julie E. Buring - Harvard University ,
Kathryn M. Rexrode - Harvard University ,
Shiriki K. Kumanyika - University of Pennsylvania
Lawrence J. Appel - Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Med, Johns Hopkins Sch Med, Baltimore, MD USA
Paul K. Whelton - Loyola University Chicago
Trials Hypertension Prevention Col
Publication Details
Archives of internal medicine (1960), v 169(1), pp 32-40
Publisher
Amer Medical Assoc
Number of pages
9
Grant note
HL37849; HL37852; HL37853; HL37854; HL37872; HL37884; HL37899; HL37904; HL37906; HL37907; HL37924; HL57915 / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI)
U01HL037852 / NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA
Resource Type
Journal article
Language
English
Academic Unit
Urban Health Collaborative; Dana and David Dornsife School of Public Health
Web of Science ID
WOS:000262398800004
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-58349113188
Other Identifier
991019312609804721
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