Salt Intake Is Associated with Inflammation in Chronic Heart Failure

Alper  Azak; Bulent  Huddam; Namik  Gonen; Seref Rahmi  Yilmaz; Gulay  Kocak; Murat  Duranay

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Salt Intake Is Associated with Inflammation in Chronic Heart Failure

Author(s):

Alper Azak^1,*,

Bulent Huddam¹,

Namik Gonen²,

Seref Rahmi Yilmaz³,

Gulay Kocak¹,

Murat Duranay¹

1Department of Nephrology, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

2Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

3Department of Nephrology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

International Cardiovascular Research Journal:Vol. 8, issue 3; e11063

Published online:Sep 30, 2014

Article type:Research Article

Received:Feb 19, 2017

Accepted:May 04, 2014

How to Cite:Alper AzakBulent HuddamNamik GonenSeref Rahmi YilmazGulay KocakMurat Duranayet al.Salt Intake Is Associated with Inflammation in Chronic Heart Failure.Int Cardiovasc Res J.8(3):e11063.

Abstract

Background: Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) is highly prevalent and is associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. It has been well established that excessive intake of sodium chloride (salt) induced hypertension in some populations. Although salt seems to induce cardiovascular diseases through elevation of blood pressure, it has also been indicated that salt can induce cardiovascular diseases independently from blood pressure elevation.

Objectives: The present study aimed to evaluate the association between salt consumption and inflammation in CHF patients.

Patients and Methods: This study was conducted on 86 patients between 18 and 65 years old who were diagnosed with New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class I and II heart failure. Salt intake was calculated by using 24 hour urine sodium excretion. Besides, the association between inflammation and daily salt intake was evaluated regarding C - reactive protein (CPR), High sensitive CRP (HsCPR), Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR), and ferritin and fibrinogen levels using Pearson correlation analysis.

Results: Our results showed a statistically significant difference between the low (n = 41) and high (n = 45) salt intake groups in terms of serum HsCRP levels (5.21 ± 2.62 vs. 6.36 ± 2.64) (P < 0.048). Additionally, a significant correlation was observed between the amount of salt consumption and HsCRP levels. In this study, daily salt consumption of the enrolled patients was 8.53 gram/day. The medications and even the blood pressures were similar in the two groups, but daily pill count, prevalence of hypertension, and coronary heart disease were higher in the high salt intake group; however, the differences were not statistically significant (P = 0.065). Also, no significant difference was observed between the groups concerning the inflammation markers, such as CRP, ESR, ferritin, and fibrinogen.

Conclusions: Neurohumoral and inflammatory factors are thought to contribute to high mortality and morbidity rates in CHF. Yet, inflammatory markers may early diagnose CHF and predict the prognosis. Excessive salt intake also worsens the inflammation as well as volume control.

Keywords

Heart Failure

Inflammation

Sodium Dietary

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