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Salt intakes, knowledge, and behavior in Samoa: monitoring salt-consumption patterns through the World Health Organization's Surveillance of Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors (STEPS)
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posted on 2016-09-01, 00:00 authored by J Webster, S A F Su'a, M Ieremia, S Bompoint, C Johnson, G Faeamani, M Vaiaso, Wendy Snowdon, M-A Land, K Trieu, S Viali, Marj MoodieMarj Moodie, Colin BellColin Bell, Bruce Neal, M WoodwardThis project measured population salt intake in Samoa by integrating urinary sodium analysis into the World Health Organization's (WHO's) STEPwise approach to surveillance of noncommunicable disease risk factors (STEPS). A subsample of the Samoan Ministry of Health's 2013 STEPS Survey collected 24-hour and spot urine samples and completed questions on salt-related behaviors. Complete urine samples were available for 293 participants. Overall, weighted mean population 24-hour urine excretion of salt was 7.09 g (standard error 0.19) to 7.63 g (standard error 0.27) for men and 6.39 g (standard error 0.14) for women (P=.0014). Salt intake increased with body mass index (P=.0004), and people who added salt at the table had 1.5 g higher salt intakes than those who did not add salt (P=.0422). A total of 70% of the population had urinary excretion values above the 5 g/d cutoff recommended by the WHO. A reduction of 30% (2 g) would reduce average population salt intake to 5 g/d, in line with WHO recommendations. While challenging, integration of salt monitoring into STEPS provides clear logistical and cost benefits and the lessons communicated here can help inform future programs.
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Journal of clinical hypertensionVolume
18Issue
9Pagination
884 - 891Publisher
Wiley-BlackwellLocation
Hoboken, N.J.Publisher DOI
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1524-6175eISSN
1751-7176Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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