Lower salt intake vs higher salt intake: Reduction in antihypertensive dose
It is very uncertain whether lower salt intake changes reduction in antihypertensive dose compared with higher salt intake (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Lower salt intake vs higher salt intake Reduction in antihypertensive dose · participants with CKD It is very uncertain whether lower salt intake changes reduction in antihypertensive dose compared with higher salt intake (very low certainty). Altered dietary salt intake for people with chronic kidney disease (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 2.45 [0.98, 6.08] | 7 studies · 664 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altered dietary salt intake for people with chronic kidney disease 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.