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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2020 Jun 24;93(5):539–545. doi: 10.1111/cen.14262

Table 2:

Proportion of participants above 24hUFC thresholds on liberal vs. restricted sodium intake.

24-hour UFC threshold in SI units (nmol/day) 24-hour UFC thresholds in conventional units (mcg/day) Participants above threshold on liberal sodium intake (n/%) Participants above threshold on restricted sodium intake (n/%) Population Discordance (number of additional cases from total population exceeding threshold on liberal sodium intake) (n/%) Relative Discordance (percent difference exceeding threshold on liberal sodium intake compared to restricted sodium intake) (%)
138 50 389 61.7% 173 27.4% 216 34.3% 225%
166 60 291 46.2% 105 16.7% 186 29.5% 277%
193 70 202 32.1% 64 10.2% 138 21.9% 316%
221 80 143 22.7% 38 6.0% 105 16.7% 376%
248* 90 108 17.1% 26 4.1% 82 13.0% 415%
*

The default upper limit of reference range is presumed to be 248 nmol/day based on the uncalibrated manufacturer guidelines since this assay was conducted in a research laboratory and had not been calibrated for a reference population by a certified clinical laboratory.