Figure 2.

Group consensus uncertainty probability distribution on the lowest level of sodium intake which allows to maintain sodium balance for most of the general population

• EKE question: ‘What is the lowest level of sodium intake that is adequate (i.e. amount which allows to maintain sodium balance) for the majority (≥ 97.5%) of the general population of adults?’. Experts expressed the probability that each of the proposed ranges of sodium intake might include the ‘true’ level of interest. Therefore, the probability distribution reflects the uncertainty about the level elicited. It does NOT represent the probability (or risk) of sodium ‘imbalance’ associated to a given range of sodium intake. Ranges that did not receive any probability are not retained in the figure.