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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2019 Feb;50(2):321–327. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.023099

Table 3.

Cross-sectional association between sodium, potassium, sodium-to-potassium ratio, and systolic blood pressure, per standard deviation (SD) at MESA Baseline 2000 to 2002, adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, and hypertension medication usage

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
β-coefficient (95% confidence interval) p-value
Sodium excretion (per SD) 1.20 (0.68 to 1.71) <0.0001
Potassium excretion (per SD) −2.89 (−3.39 to −2.39) <0.0001
Sodium-to-potassium ratio (per SD) 2.74 (2.27 to 3.22) <0.0001