Cost-Effectiveness of Salt Substitution and Antihypertensive Drug Treatment in Chinese Prehypertensive Adults
In China, replacing usual salt with a salt substitute is more cost-effective than treating prehypertensive individuals over the age of 40 years with antihypertensive drugs. Furthermore, starting intervention at a younger age in prehypertensive adults can result in even greater cost savings.
Authors
- Daniel Avery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9823-9575)
- Ling Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-6588)
- Yinqi Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0139-0261)
- Dianjianyi Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3651-6693)
- Canqing Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0019-0014)
- Huaidong Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9814-0049)
- Yuanjie Pang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4826-8861)
- Weijie Hu
- Pei Pei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1893-0712)
- Yiping Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4973-0296)
- Liming Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5873-7089)
- Zhengming Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6423-105X)
- Zhijia Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8590-6659)
- Haijun Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9321-6924)
- Junshi Chen
- Jun Lv (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7916-3870)
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Peking University (CN)
- Nuffield Health (GB)
- Ministry of Education (KR)
- China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CN)
- Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Hypertension
- Published
- 2024-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/hypertensionaha.124.23412
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.21
Funders
- Medical Research Council