PMID- 24366983 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150707 LR - 20211021 IS - 1873-1953 (Electronic) IS - 1474-5151 (Print) IS - 1474-5151 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 6 DP - 2014 Dec TI - Dietary sodium restriction below 2 g per day predicted shorter event-free survival in patients with mild heart failure. PG - 541-8 LID - 10.1177/1474515113517574 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Despite a growing recognition that a strict low sodium diet may not be warranted in compensated heart failure (HF) patients, the link between sodium restriction below 2 g/day and health outcomes is unknown in patients at different levels of HF severity. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to compare differences in event-free survival among patients with <2 g/day, 2-3 g/day, or >3 g/day sodium intake stratified by New York Heart Association (NYHA) class. METHOD: A total of 244 patients with HF completed a four-day food diary to measure daily sodium intake. All-cause hospitalization or death for a median of 365 follow-up days and covariates on age, gender, etiology, body mass index, NYHA class, ejection fraction, total comorbidity score, the presence of ankle edema, and prescribed medications were determined by patient interview and medical record review. Hierarchical Cox hazard regression was used to address the purpose. RESULTS: In NYHA class I/II (n=134), patients with <2 g/day sodium intake had a 3.7-times higher risk (p=0.025), while patients with >3 g/day sodium intake had a 0.4-times lower risk (p=0.047) for hospitalization or death than those with 2-3 g/day sodium intake after controlling for covariates. In NYHA class III/IV (n=110), >3 g/day sodium intake predicted shorter event-free survival (p=0.044), whereas there was no difference in survival curves between patients with <2 g/day and those with 2-3 g/day sodium intake. CONCLUSION: Sodium restriction below 2 g/day is not warranted in mild HF patients, whereas excessive sodium intake above 3 g/day may be harmful in moderate to severe HF patients. CI - (c) The European Society of Cardiology 2013. FAU - Song, Eun Kyeung AU - Song EK AD - Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Republic of Korea gracesong@ulsan.ac.kr. FAU - Moser, Debra K AU - Moser DK AD - College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, USA. FAU - Dunbar, Sandra B AU - Dunbar SB AD - Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, USA. FAU - Pressler, Susan J AU - Pressler SJ AD - University of Michigan, School of Nursing, USA. FAU - Lennie, Terry A AU - Lennie TA AD - College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, USA. LA - eng GR - UL1TR000454/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NR009280/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States GR - M01RR0039/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - M01 RR000039/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1 TR000454/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States GR - 3R01 NR 009280/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States GR - 1P20 NR 010679/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States GR - P20 NR010679/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PT - Multicenter Study PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131223 PL - England TA - Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs JT - European journal of cardiovascular nursing JID - 101128793 RN - 0 (Sodium, Dietary) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Chi-Square Distribution MH - Cohort Studies MH - Confidence Intervals MH - Diet Records MH - Diet, Sodium-Restricted/*adverse effects MH - Disease-Free Survival MH - Female MH - Follow-Up Studies MH - Heart Failure/diagnosis/*metabolism/*mortality MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Predictive Value of Tests MH - Proportional Hazards Models MH - Prospective Studies MH - Risk Assessment MH - Severity of Illness Index MH - Sodium, Dietary/*administration & dosage MH - Tertiary Care Centers MH - Time Factors MH - United States PMC - PMC4393886 MID - NIHMS675242 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Sodium-restricted diet OT - health outcomes OT - heart failure EDAT- 2013/12/25 06:00 MHDA- 2015/07/08 06:00 PMCR- 2015/12/01 CRDT- 2013/12/25 06:00 PHST- 2013/12/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/12/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/07/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1474515113517574 [pii] AID - 10.1177/1474515113517574 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2014 Dec;13(6):541-8. doi: 10.1177/1474515113517574. Epub 2013 Dec 23.