Sentences with phrase «sodium excretion greater»

The available data appear to show that the increased cardiovascular risk among those with sodium excretion greater than 3.0 grams per day is explained entirely by the variables of BMI, sex and hypertension.

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But approximately 90 percent of the participants in the PURE study had either a high (greater than 5.99 grams per day) or moderate (3 to 5.99 grams per day) level of sodium excretion; approximately 10 percent excreted less than 3 grams per day, and only 4 percent had sodium excretion in the range associated with current U.S. guidelines for sodium intake (2.3 or 1.5 grams per day).

Findings: mean sodium excretion was 4.93 g. Compared to a reference range of 4.00 - 5.99 g a day, the odds ratio for death and cardiovascular events was 1.15 for high sodium excretion (over 7 g a day) but was even greater at 1.27 for a low sodium excretion (below 3 g).

Excess sodium excretion of greater than 7,000 milligrams and a deficiency of less than 3,000 milligrams per day were both associated with a higher risk of stroke, heart attack, and death.