Table 2.

Sodium and potassium excretion estimated by spot urine collection baseline demographics, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2000 to 2002

	Sodium [mg/dL (SD)]	Potassium [mg/dL (SD)]	Sodium-to-potassium ratio (SD)
All	2366.49 (1169.86)	2144.24 (1153.33)	1.30 (0.72)
Age Category
45-54	2379.19 (1197.87)	2098.23 (1133.31)	1.31 (0.69)
55-64	2379.72 (1199.54)	2154.18 (1142.47)	1.29 (0.72)
65-74	2336.42 (1130.86)	2122.75 (1154.57)	1.30 (0.71)
75-84	2401.32 (1218.0)	2141.99 (1214.43)	1.33 (0.73)
Gender
Male	2589.57 (1148.83)	2279.51 (1128.82)	1.32 (0.70)
Female	2176.10 (1151.92)	2032.57 (1164.57)	1.27 (0.73)
Race/Ethnicity
European American	2335.88 (1171.91)	2113.50 (1175.86)	1.31 (0.74)
Chinese American	2367.55 (1161.8)	2148.15 (1145.99)	1.31 (0.75)
African American	2374.21 (1185.11)	2154.9 (1140.15)	1.29 (0.70)
Hispanic American	2410.33 (1151.04)	2183.14 (1133.05)	1.28 (0.68)