High salt intake hikes stroke risk

From New Orleans, at a meeting of the American Stroke Association

People who consume a lot of salt are nearly twice as likely to experience a clot-based stroke as are people who consume a modest amount—even when their blood pressure readings are comparable, a study of New York City residents shows.

Armistead D. Williams, a physician at Columbia University Medical Center, and his colleagues asked 3,183 people to fill out questionnaires about their eating habits and lifestyles.