1376-P: Dietary Sodium Intake and Risk of Incident Type 2 Diabetes

Abstract

Background: Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and hypertension often coexist and share many common risk factors. High dietary sodium intake is a well-established risk factor for hypertension, whereas few studies have assessed the relation between dietary sodium intake and type 2 diabetes (T2D). In this study, we aimed to evaluate the association between the frequency of adding salt to foods, a surrogate marker for evaluating the long-term sodium intake, and incident T2D risk. Methods: A total of 402,982 participants from UK biobank, who were free of diabetes, chronic kidney disease, cancer, or cardiovascular disease at baseline, and had completed information on adding salt were analyzed in this study. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the association between the frequency of adding salt to foods and incident T2D. Results: During a median of 11.8 years of follow-up, 13,120 incident T2D were documented. Compared with participants who Never/Rarely added salt to foods, the adjusted Hazard Ratios (95% confidence interval) were 1.13 (1.08, 1.17), 1.20 (1.14, 1.26), and 1.39 (1.30, 1.49) across the groups of Sometimes, Usually, and Always, respectively (P-trend<0.001). We did not find significant interactions between the frequency of adding salt to foods and baseline hypertension status and other covariates on the risk of incident T2D. The observed positive association was partly mediated by body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio, and C-reactive protein, with a significant mediation effect of 32.9%, 36.6% and 7.0%, respectively. The significant mediation effect of BMI was largely driven by the body fat mass rather than the body fat-free mass. Conclusions: Our findings for the first time indicate that higher frequency of adding salt to foods, a surrogate marker for a person’s long-term salt taste preference and intake, is associated with a higher T2D risk. Disclosure X.Wang: None. H.Ma: None. R.Tang: None. Q.Xue: None. X.Li: None. Y.Heianza: None. L.Qi: None.