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| Title |
Reduced Dietary Sodium Intake Increases Heart Rate. A Meta-Analysis of 63 Randomized Controlled Trials Including 72 Study Populations
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Physiology, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fphys.2016.00111 |
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| Authors |
Niels A. Graudal, Thorbjørn Hubeck-Graudal, Gesche Jürgens |
| Abstract |
Reduced dietary sodium intake (sodium reduction) increases heart rate in some studies of animals and humans. As heart rate is independently associated with the development of heart failure and increased risk of premature death a potential increase in heart rate could be a harmful side-effect of sodium reduction. The purpose of the present meta-analysis was to investigate the effect of sodium reduction on heart rate. Relevant studies were retrieved from an updated pool of 176 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in the period 1973-2014. Sixty-three of the RCTs including 72 study populations reported data on heart rate. In a meta-analysis of these data sodium reduction increased heart rate with 1.65 beats per minute [95% CI: 1.19, 2.11], p < 0.00001, corresponding to 2.4% of the baseline heart rate. This effect was independent of baseline blood pressure. In conclusion sodium reduction increases heart rate by as much (2.4%) as it decreases blood pressure (2.5%). This side-effect, which may cause harmful health effects, contributes to the need for a revision of the present dietary guidelines. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 53 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 21% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 13% |
| Canada | 6 | 11% |
| Australia | 3 | 6% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Thailand | 1 | 2% |
| Georgia | 1 | 2% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 4% |
| Unknown | 19 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 40 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 11 | 21% |
| Scientists | 2 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 162 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 162 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Doctoral Student | 35 | 22% |
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 14% |
| Professor | 11 | 7% |
| Other | 9 | 6% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 23 | 14% |
| Unknown | 54 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 35 | 22% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 24 | 15% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 4% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 6 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 20 | 12% |
| Unknown | 66 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 61. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 March 2023.
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#8
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