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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Nephrol. 2017 Feb 16;32(7):1233–1241. doi: 10.1007/s00467-017-3580-0

Table 5.

Food/food groups source of sodium in CKD children among 2–18 years old a

Ranking Food groups/items Mean (%) Cumulative
(%)
1 Fast foods 9.4 9.4
2 Cheese 7.1 16.5
3 Poultry products 6.0 22.5
4 Bread and rolls 5.7 28.2
5 Chips, crackers, popcorn, pretzels 5.6 33.8
6 Ready-to-eat cereals 5.0 38.8
7 Pork products 4.9 43.7
8 Tomato and tomato sauce 4.8 48.5
9 Milk 4.6 53.1
10 Vegetable soup and other soup 4.5 57.6
11 Eggs 4.1 61.7
12 Biscuit, corn bread, pancakes 3.9 65.6
13 Pasta 3.6 69.2
14 Pizza 3.1 72.4
15 Rice 3.0 75.4
16 Sausage and luncheon meats 2.8 78.2
17 Broccoli, Spinach and greens 2.5 80.6
18 Mayonnaise and Salad dressing 2.4 83.0
19 Legume (beans) 2.1 85.1
20 Fish and fish products 2.0 87.1
a

Food groups (n = 5) contributing at least 1% in descending order: corn and peas, beverages, other vegetables, milk products, nuts and seeds.