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  4. 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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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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Author(s)
Webster, J
Su'a, SAF
Ieremia, M
Bompoint, S
Johnson, C
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
This 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.
Date Issued
2016-09-01
Date Acceptance
2015-11-18
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/53858
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jch.12778
Start Page
884
End Page
891
Journal / Book Title
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich)
Volume
18
Issue
9
Copyright Statement
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and
reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
and is not used for commercial purposes.
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26843490
Subjects
Female
Humans
Male
Population Surveillance
Recommended Dietary Allowances
Risk Factors
Samoa
Sodium
Sodium Chloride, Dietary
World Health Organization
1101 Medical Biochemistry And Metabolomics
1102 Cardiovascular Medicine And Haematology
1103 Clinical Sciences
Cardiovascular System & Hematology
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
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