Table 3.

Daily urinary excretions of volume, sodium, potassium and creatinine, estimates of salt and potassium intake and proportion of participants meeting WHO recommended targets for salt and potassium consumption.

Variable	All (n=569)	Men (n=193)	Women (n=376)
Volume (mL/24 hours)	1354 (725)	1392 (712)	1335 (731)*
	1129 (855–1618)	1150 (900–1721)	1122 (827–1593)
Sodium (mmol/24 hours)	144.3 (78.8)	154.2 (87.4)	139.2 (73.6)*
	129.6 (85.7–187.4)	135.4 (87.1–204.8)	126.8 (83.9–179.4)
Potassium (mmol/24 hours)	52.6 (32.6)	56.4 (32.4)	50.6 (32.5)*
	46.4 (31.4–64.9)	50.9 (33.8–73.2)	44.7 (30.2–61.6)
Sodium-to-potassium ratio	3.3 (3.4)	3.5 (4.2)	3.2 (2.8)
	2.8 (2.0–3.8)	2.7 (1.9–3.9)	2.8 (2.1–3.8)
Creatinine (g/24 hours)	1.33 (0.71)	1.72 (0.87)	1.13 (0.52)‡
	1.18 (0.86–1.63)	1.61 (1.16–2.12)	1.02 (0.81–1.36)
Salt intake (g/day)	9.0 (4.9)	9.6 (5.5)	8.7 (4.6)*
	8.1 (5.3–11.7)	8.5 (5.4–12.8)	7.9 (5.2–11.2)
Potassium intake (g/day)	2.36 (1.46)	2.53 (1.45)	2.27 (1.46)*
	2.08 (1.41–2.91)	2.28 (1.52–3.28)	2.00 (1.35–2.76)
Salt <5 g/day N (%)	124 (21.8)	40 (20.7)	84 (22.3)
Potassium >90 mmol/day N (%)	52 (9.1)	24 (12.4)	28 (7.4)†

Results are mean (SD) and median (25th–75th percentile) or N (%).

*p<0.05.

†p=0.008.

‡p<0.001.