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Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Nutr. 2015 May 6;35:349–387. doi: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-071714-034322

Table 5.

Participation and completion of 24-h urine collection in recent population-based surveys of sodium intakea

First author (reference) Selected Agreed to participate Completion of 24-hour urine collection
Nb Nc % Criteria for completion Nd %e %e1
National Diet and Nutrition Survey (112) 6,224 3,844 61.8 85%–119% PABAe recovery by colorimetry, 70%–104% PABA recovery HPLC
If chose not to take PABA or took less than 3 doses, report no missed doses and collection time between 23–25 h
1,971 31.7 51.3
Land (84) 2,018f 327g 16.2 24-h urine volume ≥500 ml
24-h urine Cr ≥4 mmol for women and 6 mmol for men
24-h urine Cr within ± 3 SD from the mean
306 15.2 93.6
Angell (6) 5,830 2,333 40.0 24-h urine volume ≥500 ml
24-h urine Cr ≥6.05 mmol for men or 3.78 mmol for women
Self-report of a complete collection (no missing voids)
1,656 28.4 71.0
Zhang (151) 2,184 2,061h 94.4 24-h urine volume
24-h urine Cr relative to body weight was ≥3.81 mmol for men and 4.57 mmol for women (greater than or equal to 2 SD below the population mean)
1,938 88.7 94.0
Donfrancesco (30) ND 2,400 ND 24-h urine volume ≥500 ml
24-h urine Cr relative to body weight was within <2 SD from population mean
2,212 ND 92.2
Rhee (123) 875 496 56.7 Self-reported urine loss ≤100 ml
Self-reported urine loss zero or one time
Cr index ≥0.7. Cr index is 24-h urine creatinine (mg/dl) / [21 × body weight (kg)].
368 42.1 74.2
Hendriksen (59) 1,686i 437 25.9 Urine Cr >5.0 mmol/24 h
Urine Cr >6.0 mmol/24 h
Urine Cr 5–6 mmol/24 h and urine volume >1 liters
≤One missing void
≤One over collection (outside of 24 h)
342 20.2 81.7
Khosravi (77) ND 842h ND Incorrect collection of 24-h urine samples based on creatinine values, NFS
Indicated INTERSALT protocol used for urine collection
806 ND 95.7
Scottish Center for Social Research (128) 1,691 937h 50.2 PABA (% recovery of consumed PABA) 85%–110%, colorimetric assay; or
If PABA >110% colorimetric, PABA by HPLC 78%–110%; or
If PABA 70%–85%, colorimetric and PABA by HPLC 75%–77% HPLC with correction
702 37.6 74.9
Ortega (115) 1,835 492 26.8 Estimated FFM compared with FFM from bioelectrical impedance (criteria NFS). Estimated FFM (kg) = 0.02908 × 24-h urine Cr (mg/d) + 7.38 418 22.8 85.0
Chappuis (20) 14,928 1,448h 9.7 24-h urinary volume ≥300 ml
No report of missed doses (collected all 24-h urine)
Urinary Cr excretion by weight (kg) >5th percentile by sex (i.e., 0.121 mmol/kg/24 h in men and 0.082/kg/24 h in women)
1,351 9.1 93.3
Ribic (124) 600 158 26.3 Urinary Cr index ≥120 men or ≥124 for women. Urinary Cr index (mmol/kg/d) = 24-h urine Cr (mmol/L) × 24-h urine volume (L)/body weight (kg) × 1,000 143 23.8 90.5
Erdem (42) ND 1,775h ND Urinary Cr relative to body weight (10.7–26.0 g/kg for women and 12.1–28.9 g/kg for men)
No reported HTN (n = 267 with reported HTN)
Not taking anti-HTN medication (n = 192 reported taking anti-HTN medication)j
816 45.9 ND
Hulthen (64) 106k 86 81.1 PABA recovery ≥85% 79 74.5 91.9
Cappuccio (17) 1,896 1,013h 53.4 Baseline, ND 1,013 53.4 100
Maseko (99) ND 438 ND Urine volume ≥300 ml/24 h
24-h urine Cr 3.5–35 mmol for males and 3.5–30 mmol for females
310l ND 70.8
Laatikainenm (83) 2,240 1,564n 69.8 Urinary Cr >6.0 mmol/d
Urinary Cr 5.0–6.0 mmol/d and urine volume ≥1,000 ml
909o 40.6 58.1
a

Abbreviations: Cr, creatinine; FFM, fat-free mass; HPLC, high-performance liquid chromatography; HTN, hypertension; INTERSALT, an international study on electrolytes and blood pressure; in this protocol, participants who did not return a complete sample were asked if they would repeat a 24-h urine collection; ND, not determined or no data; NFS, not further specified; PABA, para-aminobenzoic acid, SD, standard deviation.

b

Number of individuals asked to collect a 24-h urine specimen.

c

Number of individuals who agreed to collect a 24-h urine specimen.

d

Number of individuals who returned a complete 24-h urine specimen.

e

Percent of individuals selected or asked to collect a sample who returned a complete sample.

e1

Percent of individuals who agreed to participate (agreed to collect a 24-h urine specimen) who returned a complete sample.

f

Original sample was 2,152; 2,019 excludes 5 who had died or 117 moved away before contact and 11 aged <20 years (84).

g

A total of 329 agreed; 327 excludes 2 participants aged <20 years (did not meet age criteria) (84).

h

Agreed to participate and collected a 24-h urine specimen; the proportion who agreed to participate and did not provide a specimen is unclear or not available (17, 20, 42, 77, 128, 151).

i

Data shown for 2010 only; data for 2006 similar (59).

j

Unclear if these reported HTN and taking anti-HTN medications are mutually exclusive (42).

k

Number not reported in text; it is based on the reported random 10% selection of participants from a sample of 1,068 participants randomly selected and participating in a population-based study (107).

l

Number not reported in text; it is based on a sample of 438 enrolled participants, of whom 128 of the 438 did not “meet prespecified quality criteria for 24-h urine collection” (99).

m

Data reported here for 2002 only (83).

n

Specifies the number selected who participated in the baseline survey; unclear if all were asked to participate in the 24-h urine collection (83).

o

A total of 919 participants completed urine collection, but 10 did not meet completion criteria in relation to urine volume and creatinine (83).