Day 1 - Morning
Session |
Part I: Welcome and Keynote
Address |
8:00 A.M. |
Introductory comments:
Drs. Claude Lenfant, Aram Chobanian, and Martha Hill |
8:20 A.M. |
Overview of the relationship
between sodium and blood pressure Dr. Paul Whelton |
Part II: Response to Dietary
Sodium and Other Nutrients |
8:50 A.M. |
Differences in dietary
responsiveness to sodium intake Dr. Myron Weinberger |
9:05 A.M. |
Discussion--Leaders: Drs. Margo
Denke, John Flack, and Steven Hunt |
9:35 A.M. |
Interactions of sodium,
potassium, magnesium and calcium in the regulation of blood pressure
Dr. Frank Sacks |
9:50 A.M. |
Discussion--Leaders: Drs. Theodore
Kotchen, David McCarron, and Laura Svetkey |
10:15 A.M. |
BREAK |
Part III: Sodium and Blood
Pressure in the Young |
10:30 A.M. |
Effects of neonatal sodium intake
Dr. Ronald Prineas |
10:45 A.M. |
Sodium intake and blood pressure
in children Dr. Bonita Falkner |
11:00 A.M. |
Discussion--Leaders: Drs. Gerald
Berenson, Clarence Grim, and Julie Ingelfinger |
11:30 A.M. |
General Discussion |
12:00-1:00 P.M. |
LUNCH |
Day 1 - Afternoon
Session |
Part IV: Clinical Trials and
Clinical Studies |
1:00 P.M. |
Meta-analysis of clinical trials
of sodium reduction: Dr. Niels Graudal |
1:20 P.M. |
Sodium reduction in
subpopulations (age, race, gender): Dr. Richard Grimm |
1:40 P.M. |
The prevalence of sodium
sensitivity in postmenopausal women: Dr. Janice Douglas |
2:00 P.M. |
Sodium reduction and quality of
life: Dr. Shiriki Kumanyika |
2:20 P.M. |
Discussion--Leaders: Drs. Lawrence
Appel, David Freedman, Diana Petitti, James Robins, and Michael Stoto |
3:00 P.M. |
BREAK |
Part V: Observational
Studies |
3:15 P.M. |
INTERSALT: Dr. Paul
Elliott |
3:30 P.M. |
Worksite Cohort, NHANES I, and
Scotland Study Dr. Christopher Sempos |
3:45 P.M. |
MRFIT-Followup: Dr. Jerome
Cohen |
4:00 P.M. |
Discussion--Leaders: Drs. Nancy
Cook, Graham MacGregor, and Louis Tobian |
4:45 P.M. |
ADJOURNMENT |
Day 2 - Morning
Session |
Part VI: Other Data |
8:00 A.M. |
Non-CVD conditions: Dr.
Daniel Jones |
8:15 A.M. |
Left ventricular mass: Dr.
Richard Devereaux |
8:30 A.M. |
Discussion--Leaders: Drs. Jay Cohn,
Edward Frohlich and Lewis Kuller |
Part VII: Physiological Effects of
Very Low Sodium Intake |
9:00 A.M. |
Renin-angiotensin
system: Dr. Suzanne Oparil |
9:15 A.M. |
Sympathetic nervous
system: Dr. Allyn Mark |
9:30 A.M. |
Plasma insulin, cholesterol and
coagulation factors: Dr. Brent M. Egan |
9:45 A.M. |
Discussion--Leaders: Drs. Richard
Cooper, Carlos Ferrario, and Gordon Williams |
10:15 A.M. |
BREAK |
Part VIII: Research Needs |
10:30 A.M. |
Basic research: Dr. Allen
Cowley |
10:50 A.M. |
Clinical/epidemiological
research: Dr. Lawrence Appel |
11:10 A.M. |
Discussion--Leaders: Drs. Harry
Gavras, David Goff, John Hall, and John McGiff |
11:40 A.M. |
Should there be a randomized
clinical trial on sodium reduction and blood pressure with morbidity/mortality
as an outcome? Drs. Daniel Jones, Alexander Logan, Ronald Prineas, and
Jeremiah Stamler |
12:00 |
General discussion: research
considerations |
12:30-1:30 P.M. |
LUNCH |
Day 2 - Afternoon
Session |
Part IX: Public Policy
Considerations |
1:30 P.M. |
Dietary guidance public
policy: Dr. Michael McGinnis |
1:50 P.M. |
Discussion--Leaders: Drs. Johanna
Dwyer, William Harlan, Marion Nestle, and Meir Stampfer |
2:30 P.M. |
General discussion: policy
considerations |
3:15 P.M. |
Chairpersons' concluding
remarks |
3:45 P.M. |
ADJOURNMENT |