Table 1.

Guideline recommendations for sodium restriction in the general population.

Year, Name of Guideline	Sodium Restriction
2010, Dietary Guidelines for Americans [4]	<2.3 g/d in all adults <1.5 g/d in adults aged more than 50 years who are African American or with hypertension, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease
2013, World Health Organization [5]	<2 g/d in all adults
2020, American Heart Association [6]	<1.5 g/d in all adults
2010, Heart Failure Society of America [1]	2–3 g/d in all heart failure patients<2 g/d in patients with moderate to severe heart failure
2019, American Diabetic Association [7]	<2.3 g/d in patients with diabetes<1.5 g/d in patients with diabetes and hypertension
2016, European Society of Cardiology [8]	<5 g/d in all adults
2017, Canadian Cardiovascular Society [9]	<2 g/d in all adults
2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans [10]	2.3 g/d in all adults
2012, The Kidney disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) [11]	<2 g/d in all patients with chronic disease not on dialysis