Levels of dietary sodium intake: diverging associations with arterial stiffness and Atheromatosis. Concerns about the evidence review and methods.

Competing Interests: Conflict of interest NRCC reports personal fees from Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL), outside the submitted work; and is an unpaid member of World Action on Salt, Sugar and Health, and an unpaid consultant on dietary sodium and hypertension control to numerous governmental and nongovernmental organizations. NRCC chairs the International Consortium for Quality Research on Dietary Sodium/Salt (TRUE) which is an unpaid voluntary position. FJH is an unpaid member of Action on Salt, and World Action on Salt, Sugar and Health (WASSH). FH is partially funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Medical Research Council (MRC). FPC has the following unpaid activities; immediate-Past President and Trustee of the British and Irish Hypertension Society (2017-19), member of Action on Salt, Sugar and Health, member of the TRUE Consortium, and Advisor to the World Health Organization. FPC reports speaker fees from Omron Healthcare and book royalties from Oxford University Press, both unrelated to the present topic. GAM is the unpaid Chair of Action on Salt, Sugar and Health, World Action on Salt, Sugar and Health (WASSH) and Blood Pressure UK. GAM is partially funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Medical Research Council (MRC). RMM reports no conflicts of interest.