Trial reportBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2023
Effect of home cook interventions for salt reduction in China: cluster randomised controlled trial.
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- Effect of population-based sodium reduction interventions on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025Pooled it
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- Persistent effect of salt reduction in schoolchildren and their families: 1-year follow-up after an application-based cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC medicine · 2025Trial
- Metabolic diseases in the East Asian populations.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2025Review
- Hypertension Control in China: Translation from Clinical Trial to Real-World Application - Preliminary Outcomes.China CDC weekly · 2025Article
- Nutrition and Hypertension Researches in 2023: focus on salt intake and blood pressure.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025Review
- Maternal high-salt intake induces sex-specific liver injury in offspring: integrative transcriptomic and therapeutic investigation.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Association between bike-sharing systems and the blood pressure of local citizens: a cross-sectional study in China.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Development and validation of a scale to measure hypertensive Chinese individual's behavior toward salt reduction consumption.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Reducing Dietary Sodium and Improving Human Health 2.0.Nutrients · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the effects of salt reduction interventions designed for home cooks and family members.
designCluster randomised controlled trial.
settingSix provinces in northern, central, and southern China from 15 October 2018 to 30 December 2019.
participants60 communities from six provinces (10 communities from each province) were randomised; each community comprised 26 people (two people from each of 13 families).
interventionsParticipants in the intervention group received 12 month interventions, including supportive environment building for salt reduction, six education sessions on salt reduction, and salt intake monitoring by seven day weighed record of salt and salty condiments. The control group did not receive any of the interventions.
main outcome measureDifference between the two groups in change in salt intake measured by 24 hour urinary sodium during the 12 month follow-up.
results1576 participants (775 (49.2%) men; mean age 55.8 (standard deviation 10.8) years) from 788 families (one home cook and one other adult in each family) completed the baseline assessment. After baseline assessment, 30 communities with 786 participants were allocated to the intervention group and 30 communities with 790 participants to the control group. During the trial, 157 (10%) participants were lost to follow-up, and the remaining 706 participants in the intervention group and 713 participants in the control group completed the follow-up assessment. During the 12 month follow-up, the urinary sodium excretion decreased from 4368.7 (standard deviation 1880.3) mg per 24 hours to 3977.0 (1688.8) mg per 24 hours in the intervention group and from 4418.7 (1973.7) mg per 24 hours to 4330.9 (1859.8) mg per 24 hours in the control group. Compared with the control group, adjusted mixed linear model analysis showed that the 24 hour urinary sodium excretion in the intervention group was reduced by 336.8 (95% confidence interval 127.9 to 545.7) mg per 24 hours (P=0.002); the systolic and diastolic blood pressures were reduced by 2.0 (0.4 to 3.5) (P=0.01) and 1.1 (0.1 to 2.0) mm Hg (P=0.03), respectively; and the knowledge, attitude, and behaviours in the intervention group improved significantly.
conclusionsThe community based salt reduction package targeting home cooks and family members was effective in lowering salt intake and blood pressure. This intervention has the potential to be widely applied in China and other countries where home cooking remains a major source of salt intake.
trial registrationChinese Clinical Trial Registry ChiCTR1800016804.
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