Dergiler / The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology / 2019 / Cilt: 22 - Sayı: 1
How much salt is too much salt?
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Özet
The overall prevalence of hypertension in Turkey’s adultpopulation is 21.4% and reaches a maximum of 43.3% in patientsaged >65 years (1). The SALTURK study reported that Turkey’ssalt consumption averages between 14.8 and 18.1 g per day (2, 3).This leads to a simple question, how much salt is too much salt?