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. 2023 Oct 21;9(1):73–86. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2023.10.017

Table 4.

Daytime and nighttime urinary excretion and concentrations by quartiles of day-to-night ratio of urinary sodium and potassium excretion rate


Variable
Day-to-night ratio of the urinary sodium excretion
Day-to-night ratio of the urinary potassium excretion
Q1
≤ 1.00 (n = 788)
Q2
1.01-1.52 (n = 788)
Q3
1.53-2.52 (n = 788)
Q4
> 2.52 (n = 788)
P Value Q1
≤ 1.44 (n = 788)
Q2
1.44-1.94 (n = 788)
Q3
1.95-2.62 (n = 787)
Q4
> 2.62 (n = 789)
P Value
Day
Day Va (L) 0.84 (0.59–1.13) 1.11 (0.80–1.48) 1.19 (0.89–1.61) 1.39 (0.95–1.85) < 0.001 0.80 (0.55–1.13) 1.08 (0.8–1.48) 1.23 (0.91–1.60) 1.34 (0.99–1.83) < 0.001
Day V† (ml/h) 0.93 (0.66–1.26) 1.23 (0.89–1.64) 1.32 (0.99–1.79) 1.54 (1.06–2.06) < 0.001 0.89 (0.61–1.26) 1.20 (0.89–1.64) 1.37 (1.01–1.78) 1.49 (1.10–2.03) < 0.001
Day Na excretion (mmol) 46.52 (29.04–67.26) 69.00 (48.35–96.37) 83.97 (58.36–116.48) 94.66 (61.93–133.78) < 0.001 50.61 (32.00–77.33) 67.18 (45.60–97.58) 79.52 (54.29–113.90) 90.92 (60.87–129.60) < 0.001
Day UNa (mmol/l) 59.00 (38.00–83.28) 64.37 (44.42–90.00) 69.78 (48.87–96.66) 71.00 (50.00–99.65) < 0.001 66.08 (42.49–93.64) 63.61 (43.70–89.87) 66.00 (46.00–90.10) 68.90 (48.00–97.34) 0.032
Day K excretion (mmol) 17.26 (11.77–23.33) 20.48 (15.72–26.76) 22.53 (16.90–28.96) 23.46 (17.32–31.48) < 0.001 15.29 (10.73–20.12) 19.94 (15.65–25.80) 22.95 (18.08–28.52) 26.62 (20.23–35.35) < 0.001
Day UK (mmol/l) 21.74 (14.12–30.78) 19.15 (13.90–25.71) 18.87 (13.61–26.10) 18.12 (12.70–25.26) < 0.001 19.15 (12.70–27.50) 18.60 (13.40–26.30) 19.00 (13.90–26.10) 20.30 (14.30–28.20) 0.015
Night
Night Va(l) 0.86 (0.63–1.15) 0.71 (0.55–0.93) 0.56 (0.40–0.78) 0.36 (0.23–0.53) < 0.001 0.76 (0.53–1.05) 0.70 (0.50–0.93) 0.61 (0.43–0.82) 0.44 (0.26–0.65) < 0.001
Night Vb (ml/h) 1.59 (1.17–2.13) 1.31 (1.02–1.72) 1.04 (0.75–1.44) 0.67 (0.43–0.98) < 0.001 1.41 (0.98–1.94) 1.30 (0.93–1.72) 1.13 (0.80–1.52) 0.81 (0.48–1.20) < 0.001
Night Na excretion (mmol) 71.61 (47.89–100.79) 55.75 (29.23–28.56) 44.08 (30.25–60.98) 22.78 (13.21–35.91) < 0.001 60.90 (35.41–90.18) 52.52 (32.49–75.80) 45.82 (27.15–65.17) 32.24 (17.03–51.68) < 0.001
Night UNa (mmol/l) 85.00 (61.00–109.00) 80.19 (58.64–104.04) 78.00 (54.00–106.49) 66.14 (41.00–96.00) < 0.001 82.00 (55.00–107.00) 78.16 (56.00–101.00) 76.00 (51.50–103.00) 73.60 (50.00–107.89) 0.164
Night K excretion (mmol) 13.34 (9.82–17.97) 11.36 (8.73–15.11) 10.28 (7.85–13.06) 8.24 (5.61–11.22) < 0.001 14.17 (10.26–19.10) 11.74 (9.21–15.52) 10.32 (8.14–12.70) 7.52 (5.14–9.95) < 0.001
Night UK (mmol/l) 15.80 (11.50–21.40) 16.10 (11.75–21.92) 17.64 (13.00–25.38) 22.52 (14.70–33.71) < 0.001 18.72 (13.34–27.04) 17.70 (12.41–24.95) 16.52 (12.30–24.00) 17.11 (12.20–25.52) 0.001
D/N
D/N Va 0.95 (0.70–1.24) 1.46 (1.2–1.81) 2.07 (1.66–2.67) 3.60 (2.55–5.35) < 0.001 1.03 (0.73–1.47) 1.55 (1.17–2.04) 1.95 (1.48–2.73) 3.08 (2.17–4.71) < 0.001
D/N Na Va 0.73 (0.56–0.87) 1.24 (1.11–1.38) 1.91 (1.72–2.16) 3.63 (2.93–5.33) < 0.001 0.88 (0.60–1.24) 1.29 (0.98–1.79) 1.74 (1.30–2.50) 2.87 (1.96–4.37) < 0.001
D/N K Va 1.28 (0.98–1.65) 1.77 (1.47–2.19) 2.19 (1.77–2.78) 2.85 (2.23–4.10) < 0.001 1.14 (0.90–1.29) 1.69 (1.56–1.81) 2.24 (2.09–2.40) 3.39 (2.90–4.42) < 0.001
D/N Vb 0.57 (0.42–0.75) 0.88 (0.72–1.08) 1.24 (1.00–1.60) 2.16 (1.53–3.21) < 0.001 0.62 (0.44–0.88) 0.92 (0.70–1.23) 1.17 (0.89–1.64) 1.85 (1.30–2.82) < 0.001
D/N Na Vb 0.44 (0.33–0.52) 0.75 (0.67–0.83) 1.15 (1.03–1.30) 2.18 (1.76–3.20) < 0.001 0.53 (0.36–0.74) 0.77 (0.59–1.07) 1.05 (0.78–1.50) 1.72 (1.17–2.62) < 0.001
D/N K Vb 0.77 (0.59–0.99) 1.06 (0.88–1.31) 1.31 (1.06–1.67) 1.71 (1.34–2.46) < 0.001 0.68 (0.54–0.78) 1.02 (0.94–1.08) 1.34 (1.26–1.44) 2.03 (1.74–2.65) < 0.001

D/N, daytime/nighttime.

a

urine volumes represent in l.

b

urine flow rates in mL/h. Na, sodium; K, potassium; UNa, urinary sodium; UK, urinary potassium.