Table 1.

Main health-related inputs for the ECEA, including ranges used in sensitivity analysis

Data input	Mean value per income quintile					Range used in sensitivity analysis
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5
Prior mean salt intake, g/day (Charlton et al. 2005)	7.8	7.9	7.9	8.0	8.6	7.3 to 10.5
Prior mean SBP, mmHg (SALDRU 2012)	131.2	133.7	134.1	137.2	132.6	N/A
Mean SBP change, mmHg
Hypertensive individuals (He and MacGregor 2004)	−3.4	−3.4	−3.5	−3.6	−4.4	(−2.6) to (−6.6)
Mean SBP change, mmHg
Normotensive individuals (He and MacGregor 2004)	−1.7	−1.7	−1.7	−1.8	−2.1	(−0.9) to (−3.9)
CVD death rate* per 100 000 population (IHME 2013)
Stroke	1646	2079	1850	1823	1437	959 to 2849
IHD	1106	1424	1319	1310	1085	723 to 2073
HHF	704	881	778	760	591	305 to 1460
ESRD	88	110	104	101	90	51 to 186
Average CVD risk reduction achievable by policy (Lewington et al. 2002, Norman et al. 2007)
Stroke	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.09	0.10	0.02 to 0.19
IHD	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.03 to 0.16
HHF	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.18	0.19	0.09 to 0.33
ESRD	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.18	0.18	0.09 to 0.33
CVD CFR
Stroke (Feigin et al. 2009)	0.266	0.266	0.266	0.266	0.266	0.180 to 0.350
IHD, male (Mathers et al. 2004)	0.620	0.620	0.620	0.620	0.620	0.410 to 0.830
IHD, female (Mathers et al. 2004)	0.720	0.720	0.720	0.720	0.720	0.470 to 0.970
HHF (Damasceno et al. 2012)	0.155	0.155	0.155	0.155	0.155	0.124 to 0.194
ESRD (Ogeng'o et al. 2011)	0.230	0.230	0.230	0.230	0.230	0.184 to 0.288

SBP, systolic blood pressure; CVD, cardiovascular disease; IHD, ischemic heart disease; HHF, hypertensive heart failure; ESRD, end-stage renal disease. Q1, poorest quintile; Q5, wealthiest quintile.

*Death rate ranges reflect the highest and lowest death rate used for any of the five quintiles.