date:Apr 16, 2014
on Survey (NDNS) and fell from 9.5g per day in 2003 to 8.1g per day in 2011 i.e. a 15% reduction.
Over the same time period, blood pressure was measured in the Health Survey for England using a standardised protocol using the same validated electronic sphygmomanometer. Blood pressure fell in the adult population by 3mm Hg systolic and 1.4mm Hg diastolic (P 0.0001). As part of this fall could be attributed to better treatment in those who have high blood pressure, the study then looked at indivi