Open AccessInsight Into Differences in Dietary Sodium Adherence Between Men and Women With Heart Failure
Author(s) -
Terry A. Lennie,
Debra K. Moser,
Misook L. Chung
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular nursing/the journal of cardiovascular nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.622
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1550-5049
pISSN - 0889-4655
DOI - 10.1097/jcn.0000000000000641
Subject(s) - sodium , medicine , dietary sodium , urine , calorie , urine sodium , low sodium diet , excretion , heart failure , low sodium , endocrinology , blood pressure , physiology , chemistry , renin–angiotensin system , organic chemistry
Men with heart failure are reported to be less adherent to low-sodium diets than women are. One potential reason may be that men consume more food and, consequently, more sodium than women do.