date:Apr 17, 2014
e from 19% to 14%, an increase in fruit and vegetable consumption and an increase in body mass index (BMI).
Salt intake, as measured by 24 h urinary sodium, decreased by 1.4 g/day (p0.01). It is likely, said the researchers, that all of these factors (with the exception of BMI), along with improvements in the treatments of BP, cholesterol and cardiovascular disease, contributed to the falls in stroke and IHD mortality.
In individuals who were not on antihypertensive medication, there was a