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SUBMITTER: Johnson C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5523637 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Johnson Claire C Mohan Sailesh S Rogers Kris K Shivashankar Roopa R Thout Sudhir Raj SR Gupta Priti P He Feng J FJ MacGregor Graham A GA Webster Jacqui J Krishnan Anand A Maulik Pallab K PK Reddy K Srinath KS Prabhakaran Dorairaj D Neal Bruce B
Journal of the American Heart Association 20170106 1
<h4>Background</h4>The scientific evidence base in support of population-wide salt reduction is strong, but current high-quality data about salt intake levels in India are mostly absent. This project sought to estimate daily salt consumption levels in selected communities of Delhi and Haryana in north India and Andhra Pradesh in south India.<h4>Methods and results</h4>In this study, 24-hour urine samples were collected using an age- and sex-stratified sampling strategy in rural, urban, and slum ...[more]