Figure 1.
The relationship between daytime and nighttime urinary melatonin excretion (U-aMT6s/h) and urinary albumin excretion (U-Alb/Cr) in patients consuming a standard salt diet (A) and those consuming a low salt diet (B). U-aMT6s/h levels in patients consuming a standard salt diet were significantly and negatively correlated with the U-Alb/Cr levels in daytime (r=-0.43, p=0.023) and nighttime (r=-0.38, p=0.045) (A). On the other hand, no significant associations were detected between the U-aMT6s/h levels and U-Alb/Cr levels in daytime (r=-0.19, p=0.33) or nighttime (r=-0.19, p=0.30) in patients consuming a low salt diet (B).