Effect of Salt Substitution on Cardiovascular Events and Death.
Bruce NealYangfeng WuXiangxian FengRuijuan ZhangYuhong ZhangJingpu ShiJianxin ZhangMaoyi TianLiping HuangZhifang LiYan YuYi ZhaoBo ZhouJixin SunYishu LiuXuejun YinZhixin HaoJie YuKa-Chun LiXinyi ZhangPeifen DuanFaxuan WangBing MaWeiwei ShiGian Luca Di TannaSandrine StepienSana ShanSallie-Anne PearsonNicole LiLijing L YanDarwin LabarthePaul ElliottPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2021)
Among persons who had a history of stroke or were 60 years of age or older and had high blood pressure, the rates of stroke, major cardiovascular events, and death from any cause were lower with the salt substitute than with regular salt. (Funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia; SSaSS ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02092090.).