. 2020 Aug 6;22(9):1694–1702. doi: 10.1111/jch.13985

Table 2.

Nutritional parameters of NHANES participants by quintile of reported sodium intake

Nutrients	Sodium Quintile 1 (0.06‐2.6 g/d) (N = 7745)	Sodium Quintile 2 (2.6‐3.0 g/d) (N = 7744)	Sodium Quintile 3 (3.0‐3.4 g/d) (N = 7745)	Sodium Quintile 4 (3.4‐4.0 g/d) (N = 7744)	Sodium Quintile 5 (4.0‐29.3 g/d) (N = 7744)	P value
Sugar (g/d)	141.2 (60.9) ^a	118.6 (43.4) ^a	108.6 (39.8)	97.9 (38.6) ^a	85.6 (37.6) ^a	<.001
Carbohydrate (g/d)	262.6 (58.7) ^a	250.0 (46.6) ^a	242.7 (45.7)	236.0 (46.0) ^a	229.3 (49.8) ^a	<.001
Protein (g/d)	67.6 (21.9) ^a	73.2 (18.0) ^a	78.5 (19.3)	83.2 (19.9) ^a	93.3 (24.8) ^a	<.001
Fat (g/d)	68.9 (19.6) ^a	74.8 (16.3) ^a	76.5 (15.8)	77.9 (16.9) ^a	77.3 (18.4)	<.001
Cholesterol (mg/d)	219.7 (142.7) ^a	248.6 (142.0) ^a	276.6 (158.1)	294.2 (165.6) ^a	325.2 (192.2) ^a	<.001

Numbers in table represent the mean (standard deviation).

^{^a}

P < .01 for comparison to sodium quintile 3.