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High-Sodium Food Choices by Southern, Urban African Americans With Heart Failure

Accession number;06A0161723

Title;High-Sodium Food Choices by Southern, Urban African Americans With Heart Failure

Author; KOLLIPARA USHA K. (From The Parkland Memorial Hospital) MO VIVIAN (Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Res. Center) MO VIVIAN (Div. Of Cardiology, Dep. Of Medicine, Univ. Of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas) TOTO KATHLEEN H. (From The Parkland Memorial Hospital) NELSON LAUREN L. (From The Parkland Memorial Hospital) SCHNEIDER RUTH A. (From The Parkland Memorial Hospital) NEILY JENNIFER B. (From The Parkland Memorial Hospital) DRAZNER MARK H. (From The Parkland Memorial Hospital) DRAZNER MARK H. (Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Res. Center) DRAZNER MARK H. (Div. Of Cardiology, Dep. Of Medicine, Univ. Of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas)

Journal Title;J Card Fail

Journal Code:W1342A

ISSN:1071-9164

VOL.12;NO.2;PAGE.144-148(2006)

Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.1, TBL.2, REF.21

Pub. Country;United States

Language;English

Abstract;Sodium restriction is important in the management of heart failure (HF). Although many low-sodium educational resources are available, few are directed specifically at urban African Americans. A registered dietitian prospectively interviewed 50 African-American and 25 white patients in an urban public hospital (derivation cohort) in Dallas, TX, using a food-frequency instrument that listed 146 food choices. Foods >300 mg sodium/serving consumed at least weekly by 50% of an ethnic group were classified as being a high-sodium core food for that group. Classification of foods (core or not core) was validated in a second African-American cohort (n = 144). Five high-sodium food choices were classified as core food in both the derivation and validation African-American cohorts (salt in cooking, canned vegetables, cheese, processed meats, and cold cereal) and another 3 when the derivation and validation cohorts were combined (fast food, fried chicken, and corn bread). Four of these 8 foods were not classified as core foods in whites. Eight high-sodium foods were frequently consumed by southern, urban African Americans with heart failure. Several of these foods were not commonly consumed by whites, emphasizing the need to be sensitive to ethnic differences in dietary habits when educating patients about sodium intake. Copyright 2006 Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam.All rights reserved.

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