by KYW's medical editor Dr. Brian McDonough
Despite evidence linking salt intake to hypertension and cardiovascular disease, dietary salt intake in the US is on the rise. The problem is so significant that authors writing in the New England Journal of Medicine suggest reduction in salt is extremely important.
It is clear certain groups have greater risks than others, especially when it comes to heart disease. For instance, African Americans have high rates of hypertension and cardiovascular disease and similarly, women would have a proportionately greater benefit than men because women have a higher lifetime risk of stroke. Young and middle-aged adults could benefit because of the relative importance of blood-pressure elevations in younger adults without other major risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
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