Coronary heart disease mortality plummets in UK -- without salt reduction!

Although the authors were too preoccupied with their primary (and legitimate) focus on health disparities in relation to socio-economic status, this new study in the British Medical Journal by University of LIverpool researchers Martin O'Flaherty et al found:

Between 1986 and 2006, overall, age adjusted coronary heart disease mortality decreased by 61% in men and by 56% in women.

With all the high-profile salt-bashing going on in the UK, it may be important to note that in the same period, salt intake levels (figures from Intersalt, BMJ, July 30, 1988 and FSA today) are totally unchanged.