What evidence is there that the health benefits of dietary sodium reduction may be particularly beneficial in CKD patients?
There is reason to believe that the health benefits of dietary sodium reduction may be particularly beneficial in CKD patients. Persons with CKD are commonly hypertensive, and systematic reviews have suggested that the magnitude of BP reduction for a given degree of reduction in dietary sodium intake is magnified in hypertensive individuals, particularly if usual sodium intake is high. Additionally, CKD populations also have high risk of CV disease and may therefore have a greater absolute risk reduction of such events with dietary sodium reduction, if the relative benefits in the general population are indeed applicable to CKD.