11 percent fewer cardiovascular events
In the subsequent observation period of around 20 years on average, it was confirmed that a high intake of potassium actually did protect the female participants from cardiovascular diseases. Women in the highest potassium intake group had an 11 percent reduced risk of having a cardiovascular event such as one Heart attack or one stroke.
The Dutch research team took into account influencing factors such as age, gender, BMI, salt intake, smoking, alcohol consumption, diabetes, intake of lipid-lowering drugs and suffered heart attacks or strokes in the calculations.
