Women with normal blood pressure consuming less than 1925 mg potassium per day, 32% more strokes

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Women with normal blood pressure consuming the least amount of potassium—less than 1925 mg per day— were 32% more likely to have a stroke than women with normal blood pressure consuming more potassium than this after adjusting for multiple risk factors according to the 2014 Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study.

The risk of stroke in women with normal blood pressure was similar in each quarter of women consuming more potassium than this.

The second quarter of women with normal blood pressure who consumed 1925 to 2519 mg of potassium per day were 25% less likely to have a stroke during the 11 year follow-up than the one-quarter of women with normal blood pressure consuming the least potassium (less than 1925 mg per day).

The third quarter of women with normal blood pressure who consumed 2519 to 3194 mg of potassium per day were 25% less likely to have a stroke during the 11 year follow-up than the one-quarter of women with normal blood pressure consuming the least potassium (less than 1925 mg per day).

The quarter of women with normal blood pressure who consumed the most potassium—more than 3194 mg of potassium per day—were 21% less likely to have a stroke during the 11 year follow-up than the one-quarter of women with normal blood pressure consuming the least potassium (less than 1925 mg per day).

Subjects

Subjects: 90,137 postmenopausal women, 50- to 79-years-old

The study followed 90,137 postmenopausal women, 50- to 79-years-old at enrollment, free of stroke history at baseline, for an average of 11 years.

Reference

Seth A, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, Kamensky V, Silver B, Lakshminarayan K, Prentice R, Van Horn L, and Wassertheil-Smoller S. Potassium intake and risk of stroke in women with hypertension and nonhypertension in the Women’s Health Initiative. Stroke, 2014 Oct; 45(10): 2874-2880.

Author’s Contact Info

Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, PhD
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Ave
Belfer Building, Rm 1312
Bronx, NY 10461 USA
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