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ArticleNeurology2016

Influence of sodium consumption and associated knowledge on poststroke hypertension in Uganda.

Martin N Kaddumukasa, Elly Katabira, Martha Sajatovic, Svetlana Pundik, Mark Kaddumukasa, Larry B Goldstein

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Article in Neurology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  5. Influence of Dietary Salt Knowledge, Perceptions, and Beliefs on Consumption Choices after Stroke in Uganda.Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association · 2017
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6 authors.

Martin N KaddumukasaFrom the Department of Internal Medicine (M.N.K., E.K., M.K.), Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda; Neurological and Behavioral Outcomes Center (M.S.), University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland; School of Medicine (S.P.), Cleveland VA Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Neurology (L.B.G.), University of Kentucky, Lexington. kaddumart@yahoo.com.
Elly KatabiraFrom the Department of Internal Medicine (M.N.K., E.K., M.K.), Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda; Neurological and Behavioral Outcomes Center (M.S.), University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland; School of Medicine (S.P.), Cleveland VA Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Neurology (L.B.G.), University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Martha SajatovicFrom the Department of Internal Medicine (M.N.K., E.K., M.K.), Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda; Neurological and Behavioral Outcomes Center (M.S.), University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland; School of Medicine (S.P.), Cleveland VA Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Neurology (L.B.G.), University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Svetlana PundikFrom the Department of Internal Medicine (M.N.K., E.K., M.K.), Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda; Neurological and Behavioral Outcomes Center (M.S.), University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland; School of Medicine (S.P.), Cleveland VA Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Neurology (L.B.G.), University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Mark KaddumukasaFrom the Department of Internal Medicine (M.N.K., E.K., M.K.), Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda; Neurological and Behavioral Outcomes Center (M.S.), University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland; School of Medicine (S.P.), Cleveland VA Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Neurology (L.B.G.), University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Larry B GoldsteinFrom the Department of Internal Medicine (M.N.K., E.K., M.K.), Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda; Neurological and Behavioral Outcomes Center (M.S.), University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland; School of Medicine (S.P.), Cleveland VA Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Neurology (L.B.G.), University of Kentucky, Lexington.

Funding

Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke Consortium for Global Health Fellows (VECDor)R25TW009337 · FIC · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI HEIMBURGER, DOUGLAS CORBETT, VERMUND, STEN H. · 2012 to 2016
$6.3M
Research & training:improve quality of care for neurological disorders in UgandaR25NS080968 · NINDS · MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KATABIRA, ELLY T · 2012 to 2014
$792k
FIC NIH HHS R25 TW009337NINDS NIH HHS R25 NS080968
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe assessed 24-hour urine sodium levels as an index of dietary salt consumption and its association with dietary salt knowledge and hypertension among poststroke patients with and without a history of hypertension in Uganda.

methodsA case-control study in which poststroke patients with a history of hypertension (cases, n = 123) were compared to poststroke patients without known hypertension (controls, n = 112). Dietary salt intake was assessed by 24-hour urine sodium, a valid measure of dietary salt consumption. Dietary salt knowledge was determined by questionnaire. The independent relationships among salt knowledge, 24-hour urine sodium, and blood pressure control were assessed using multiple regression analysis.

resultsHigh 24-hour urine sodium (≥8.5 g/d) was 2 times more prevalent among hypertensive poststroke patients than controls (p = 0.002). Patients with minimal poststroke disability who had a choice in determining their diets had higher urine sodium than their more disabled counterparts. Only 43% of the study population had basic dietary salt knowledge, 39% had adequate diet-disease-related knowledge, and 37% had procedural knowledge (report of specific steps being taken to reduce salt consumption). Dietary salt knowledge was similarly poor among cases and controls (p = 0.488) and was not related to education level (p = 0.205).

conclusionsHigh urine sodium and high salt-diet preferences were more frequent among poststroke hypertensive patients in Uganda than in their nonhypertensive counterparts. There was, however, no difference in dietary salt knowledge between these groups. The development of educational strategies that include salt-diet preferences may lead to better blood pressure control in this high-risk population.

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DietHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeSodium Chloride, DietaryAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBlood PressureCase-Control StudiesDisability EvaluationEatingFemaleFood PreferencesHumansHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedSodium Chloride, Dietary

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PMCPMC5035979

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