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. 2015 Apr 3;31(1):75–82. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czv023

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.