Table 3.

Mean (sd) excretion of Na and K (g/24h) in urine and Na/K ratio according to diet quality and the association between diet quality and excretion

	Diet quality score1
	1	2	3	4	Unadjusted	p	Adjusted2	p
	(n=13)	(n=24)	(n=10)	(n=11)	B (95% CI)		B (95% CI)
Na (sodium)	1.70 (0.35)	1.75 (0.73)	1.45 (0.27)	1.45 (0.87)	−0.10 (−0.25; 0.04)	0.06	−0.16 (−0.31; -0.06)	0.03
K (potassium)	1.09 (0.29)	1.08 (0.39)	1.51 (0.55)	1.59 (0.29)	0.19 (0.08; 0.29)	<0.01	0.18 (0.06; 0.29)	<0.01
Na/K ratio	1.7 (0.6)	2.1 (2.1)	1.1 (0.4)	1.0 (0.7)	−0.25 (−0.60; 0.10)	0.07	−0.28 (−0.66; 0.11)	0.06

¹Follows one of the FBDG; 2: Follows two of the FBDG; 3: Follow three of the FBDG; 4: Follows at least four of the FBDG. [6,23-25].

²Adjusted for gender and energy intake.