Review: restricted dietary salt intake can reduce blood pressure but does not reduce death or cardiovascular morbidity

Arroll, Bruce MBChB, MHSc, PhD (commentator)

University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand

Hooper L, Bartlett C, Davey Smith G, et al. Reduced dietary salt for prevention of cardiovascular disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2003;(1):CD003656(latest version 26 Feb 2003)

Source of funding: North West Research and Development Training Fellowship.

For correspondence: Ms L Hooper, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Manchester, UK. [email protected]

Evidence Based Medicine 8(5):p 139, September-October 2003.