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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Hypertens. 2011 Aug;29(8):1502–1507. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283486311

Table 2. Predicted 24-hour urine sodium and potassium excretion.

Male (n = 190) Female (n = 325) P-value*
SUCr (mg/dL) 177 ± 99 123 ± 63 < 0.001
PRCr (mg/day) 1525 ± 252 1061 ± 180 < 0.001
SUNa (mEq/L) 139 ± 49 135 ± 49 0.355
SUNa/SuCr × PRCr 155 ± 105 (5–956) 150 ± 41 (3–599) 0.890
PRNa (mEq/day) 152 ± 39 (41–324) 150 ± 41 (34–270) 0.712
SUK (mEq/L) 82 ± 31 82 ± 42 0.977
SUK/SUCr × PRCr 81 ± 39 (22–384) 78 ± 39 (13–417) 0.521
PRK (mEq/day) 49 ± 9 (29–99) 48 ± 9 (23–102) 0.399
PRNa/K 2.83 ± 0.62 2.85 ± 0.70 0.732

SUCr, spot urine creatinine; SUNa, spot urine sodium; SUK, spot urine potassium; PRCr, predicted 24-hour urine creatinine value; PRNa, predicted 24-hour urine sodium value; PRK, predicted 24-hour urine potassium value; PRNa/K, predicted PRNa/K ratio.