Table 2.

The mean daily intakes of sodium, salt and potassium and dietary molar Na:K in Irish adults (n =1500).

	n	Sodium				Salt				Potassium				Dietary Na:K
		mg/d		mg/10 MJ		g/d		mg/10 MJ		mg/d		mg/10 MJ		(mmol/mmol)
		mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	Mean	SD
Total population	1500	2501	737	3025	456	6.25	1.85	7.56	1.14	3055	886	3761	685	0.89	0.89
18–35 years	531	2687	758	3053	459	6.71	1.91	7.63	1.15	3036	945	3450	584	0.97	0.22
36–50 years	437	2508	733	3049	452	6.27	1.85	7.63	1.13	3098	873	3839	650	0.88	0.20
51–64 years	306	2363	670	2926	439	5.91	1.68	7.31	1.10	3138	851	3971	678	0.81	0.19
65+ years	226	2236	653	3045	460	5.59	1.64	7.61	1.15	2904	790	4054	699	0.83	0.20
Men	740	2877	696	3022	456	7.19	1.76	7.56	1.14	3417	864	3621	624	0.92	0.21
18–35 years	276	3073	698	2988	450	7.67	1.77	7.47	1.13	3522	872	3432	585	0.96	0.22
36–50 years	205	2932	671	3080	454	7.33	1.70	7.71	1.14	3466	853	3670	608	0.92	0.21
51–64 years	153	2671	640	2925	440	6.67	1.62	7.31	1.10	3402	848	3768	624	0.85	0.19
65+ years	106	2562	619	3137	458	6.40	1.56	7.84	1.15	3070	794	3803	623	0.91	0.20
Women	760	2134	572	3027	455	5.33	1.43	7.57	1.14	2703	756	3897 *	714	0.86	0.22
18–35 years	255	2270	579	3123 *	458	5.67	1.46	7.81	1.15	2510	710	3470 *	583	0.99	0.22
36–50 years	232	2134	561	3022 *	449	5.33	1.41	7.55	1.12	2773	754	3988 *	649	0.84	0.19
51–64 years	153	2056	548	2926	437	5.14	1.37	7.32	1.09	2875	767	4174 *	669	0.77	0.18
65+ years	120	1948	536	2965 *	446	4.87	1.34	7.40	1.11	2758	756	4276 *	688	0.76	0.18

Na intake is estimated from food sources only and does not account for discretionary sources (added at the table or during cooking). * Denotes statistically significant difference (P < 0.001) from that of men within the column via a Mann–Whitney U test.