China Rural Health Initiative – Sodium Reduction Study: the effect of a community-based sodium reduction program on 24hr urinary sodium and blood pressure in rural China

Nicole Li1, Lijing Yan2, Wenyi Niu3, Chen Yao4, Xiangxian Feng5, Jianxin Zhang6, Jingpu Shi7, Yuhong Zhang8, Ruijuan Zhang9, Zhixin Hao2, Hongling Chu4, Jing Zhang10, Xian Li11, Zhifang Li12, Jixin Sun13, Bo Zhou7, Yi Zhao8, Yan Yu9, Darwin Labarthe14, Jixiang Ma15, Elizabeth Delong16, Paul Elliott17, Stephen MacMahon18, Yangfeng Wu19, Bruce Neal20; 1Food Policy, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia; 2Rsch and Development, The George Institute for Global Health, China, Beijing, China; 3Sch of Public Health, Peking Univ Health Science Cntr, Beijing, China; 4Peking Univ Clinical Rsch Institute, Peking Univ Health Science Cntr, Beijing, China; 5Changzhi Med College, Changzhi Med College, Changzhi, China; 6Head Office, Hebei Province Cntr for Disease Prevention and Control, Shijiazhuang, China; 7Sch of Public Health, China Med Univ, Shenyang, China; 8Sch of Public Health, Ningxia Med Univ, Yinchuan, China; 9Dept of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong Univ, Xi'an, China; 10Rsch and Development, The George Institute for Global Health,China, Beijing, China; 11Data Management, The George Institute for Global Health, China, Beijing, China; 12Dept of Preventive Medicine, Changzhi Med College, Changzhi, China; 13Institute for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Hebei Province Cntr for Disease Prevention and Control, Shijiazhuang, China; 14Dept of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern Univ, Chicago, IL, 15Cntr for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Chinese Cntr for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China; 16Sch of Medicine, Duke Univ, Durham, NC, 17Sch of Public Health, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London, Australia; 18Principal Director's Office, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia; 19Executive Director, The George Institute for Global Health, China, Beijing, China; 20Senior Director, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia