Table 2.

Summary results for different categories of sodium and subsequent major cardiovascular outcomes

Outcomes	Low sodium	P value	Moderate sodium	P value	Heavy sodium	P value
Cardiac death	1.19 (1.06–1.33)	0.003	0.91 (0.71–1.15)	0.421	1.02 (0.92–1.13)	0.762
Total mortality	1.02 (0.89–1.18)	0.779	0.98 (0.85–1.14)	0.806	1.09 (0.94–1.27)	0.257
Stroke	1.25 (0.85–1.85)	0.260	1.11 (1.00–1.24)	0.058	1.02 (0.93–1.11)	0.720
Stroke mortality	1.20 (0.96–1.50)	0.117	1.50 (1.20–1.88)	< 0.001	1.81 (1.29–2.55)	0.001