Reducing salt intake in West Africa

ISRCTN	ISRCTN88789643
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN88789643
Protocol serial number	060415/Z/00/Z and 069500/Z/02/Z
Sponsor	Warwick Medical School (UK)
Funder	The Wellcome Trust (UK) (grant refs: 060415 and 069500)

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Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Prof Francesco P Cappuccio
Scientific

Clinical Sciences Research Institute
Warwick Medical School
Clifford Bridge Road
Coventry
CV2 2DX
United Kingdom

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title	Reducing salt intake in West Africa
Study acronym	KUMASI Study
Study objectives	To reduce salt intake by health promotion and to relate the change in salt intake with the change in blood pressure (underlying hypothesis is that even a modest reduction in salt intake may cause a small reduction in population blood pressure).
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Hypertension
Intervention	Randomisation in clusters to Control Health Promotion Package or Intervention Health Promotion Package. The intervention cluster of villages will be exposed to a vigorous campaign of nutritional education to reduce salt intake.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	1. Urinary sodium excretion 2. Blood pressure
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Iodine excretion
Completion date	01/10/2003

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	800
Key inclusion criteria	Men and women aged 40 to 75 years in 12 villages in Ashanti.
Key exclusion criteria	1. Pregnant women 2. Very sick
Date of first enrolment	01/04/2001
Date of final enrolment	01/10/2003

Clinical Sciences Research Institute

Coventry
CV2 2DX
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan	Not provided at time of registration

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article		24/01/2006		Yes	No
Other publications		01/07/2002		Yes	No
Other publications		01/05/2004		Yes	No
Other publications		01/09/2005		Yes	No
Other publications		01/09/2005		Yes	No
Other publications		01/11/2005		Yes	No
Other publications		01/12/2005		Yes	No
Study website	Study website	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes

25/10/2022: Internal review.