evidence/gaps
Cochrane · systematic review · CD010166

Population‐level interventions in government jurisdictions for dietary sodium reduction

McLaren, L, Sumar, N, Barberio, AM, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2016 · Cochrane Library

Public HealthAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
4
current version
GRADE rated
4
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 4 · 100%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Comparison

Population: ‐level interventions in national government jurisdictions to reduce sodium consumption
4 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Salt intake in grams per day ‐ all eligible studies that provided sufficient data for quantitative analysis of overall impact (n = 10 countries)
no estimate extracted12 studies · 64798 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, publication bias
Salt intake in grams per day ‐ subset of initiatives that are multi‐component and incorporate activities of a structural nature (n = 7 countries)
no estimate extracted9 studies · 34227 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, publication bias
Salt intake in grams per day ‐ women only (n = 9 countries)
no estimate extracted11 studies · 27184 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, publication bias
Salt intake in grams per day ‐ men only (n = 9 countries)
no estimate extracted11 studies · 22977 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, publication bias