Table 1.

Mean Dietary Sodium and Blood Pressure Reductions Associated With Policy Goal

Estimated values	30–39 years	40–49 years	50–59 years	60–69 years	≥70 years	≥30 years	Source
Baseline sodium consumption (mg/day)
Men	4,583	4,090	4,202	3,627	3,351	4,048	14
Women	3,309	3,073	2,997	2,870	2,517	2,977	14
Men and women	3,937	3,573	3,582	3,229	2,872	3,488	14
Change in sodium consumption necessary to achieve 2,300 mg/day population average (mg/day)
Men	−2,283	−1,790	−1,902	−1,327	−1,143	−1,380	Calculated
Women	−1,128	−1,048	−1,022	−979	−858	−1,015	Calculated
Projected sodium consumption after 10 years with full achievement of draft FDA industry goals (mg/day)
Men	3,020	2,695	2,769	2,390	2,208	2,668	Calculated
Women	2,181	2,025	1,975	1,891	1,659	1,962	Calculated
Men and women	2,595	2,355	2,360	2,128	1,893	2,299	Policy target
Projected change in systolic blood pressure after 10 years with full achievement of draft FDA industry goals (mmHg)
Men, hypertensive, black	−4.4	−4.6	−5.4	−5.2	−5.5	−5.0	37
Men, hypertensive, non-black	−2.7	−3.1	−3.8	−3.9	−4.2	−3.5	37
Men, normotensive, black	−3.2	−3.5	−4.2	−4.2	−4.6	−3.8	37
Men, normotensive, non-black	−1.5	−1.9	−2.7	−2.9	−3.3	−2.3	37
Women, hypertensive, black	−3.2	−3.5	−3.8	−4.1	−4.1	−3.7	37
Women, hypertensive, non-black	−2.0	−2.3	−2.7	−3.1	−3.2	−2.6	37
Women, normotensive, black	−2.3	−2.6	−3.0	−3.3	−3.4	−2.9	37
Women, normotensive, non-black	−1.1	−1.5	−1.9	−2.3	−2.5	−1.8	37

Note: Projected reductions in systolic blood pressure were calculated using the midpoint for each age range or 78 years for the ≥70-year-old group. Although policy effects are estimated for persons aged ≥35 years, sodium reduction calculations were calculated for persons aged ≥30 years to with how What We Eat in America¹⁴ reported sodium consumption by age.

FDA, U.S. Food and Drug Administration.