Table 3.
Associations between quantity of each food group and 24-h urinary sodium excretion
| Food groups | Unadjusted | Adjusted* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | se | P | β | se | P | |
| Cereals and their products | 1·567 | 0·505 | 0·002 | 1·182 | 0·615 | 0·058 |
| Chinese dim sum | −0·445 | 1·819 | 0·807 | −0·396 | 1·764 | 0·823 |
| Preserved/salted food | 5·314 | 7·130 | 0·458 | 0·488 | 7·147 | 0·946 |
| Milk and dairy products | −0·725 | 1·409 | 0·608 | −1·225 | 1·367 | 0·372 |
| Animal meat | 4·069 | 1·410 | 0·005 | 1·926 | 1·731 | 0·268 |
| Seafood | −4·335 | 2·368 | 0·070 | −4·810 | 2·297 | 0·039 |
| Vegetables | −1·095 | 0·918 | 0·235 | −1·354 | 0·951 | 0·157 |
| Soya foods | 0·185 | 1·334 | 0·890 | −0·589 | 1·307 | 0·653 |
| Fruits | −0·602 | 0·774 | 0·438 | −0·728 | 0·759 | 0·339 |
| Nuts | −14·174 | 8·549 | 0·100 | −18·959 | 8·393 | 0·026 |
| Chips and cookies | 1·692 | 3·055 | 0·581 | −2·451 | 3·171 | 0·441 |
| Beverages | 0·121 | 0·181 | 0·504 | −0·083 | 0·184 | 0·653 |
| Soups | 0·528 | 0·711 | 0·459 | 0·240 | 0·712 | 0·737 |
| Sugars and confectionary | 0·502 | 2·539 | 0·844 | 0·455 | 2·498 | 0·856 |
| Condiments | 9·480 | 15·977 | 0·554 | 11·952 | 15·647 | 0·447 |
| Fats and oil | 12·469 | 11·692 | 0·289 | 5·687 | 13·217 | 0·668 |
β, regression coefficient.
*
Adjusted for age, sex, BMI and daily energy intake.