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. 2021 May 4;79:68. doi: 10.1186/s13690-021-00593-5

Table 6.

Salt-related practices among the study population i)

Germany Greece Poland Slovenia Sri Lanka Taiwan Total
Respondents who indicated to add always/more than half of the time salt/sauces on the plate [% (n)]
 Salt 47.4 (171)a,c 60.8 (245)b 55.4 (268)a,b 39.0 (156)c,e 23.5 (94)d 31.9 (128)d,e 43.4 (1062)
 Soya sauce 6.4 (21)a 2.0 (8)b,c 5.4 (26)a,b 1.8 (7)c -ii) 28.5 (114)d 7.3 (176)
 Other sauces 10.8 (34)a 17.4 (70)a,b 23.8 (115)b 12.0 (48)a -ii) 16.2 (65)a,b 16.6 (332)
Respondents who indicated to add always/more than half of the time salt/sauces when cooking/preparing snacks [% (n)]
 Salt 90.8 (324)a 64.8 (258)b 63.8 (306)b 89.4 (321)a,c 82.4 (285)c 49.0 (175)d 72.7 (1669)
 Stock 10.3 (35)a 21.6 (86)b 9.8 (47)a 20.9 (75)b 12.1 (42)a 12.3 (44)a 14.4 (329)
 Soya sauce 8.7 (29)a 1.3 (5)b 2.9 (14)b 1.9 (7)b 12.1 (42)a 25.2 (90)c 8.2 (187)
 Other sauces 10.0 (30)a,b,c 15.3 (61)a,b 16.5 (79)a 9.2 (33)b,c 12.1 (42)a,b,c 7.6 (27)c 12.2 (272)
Respondents who reported to check nutrition declaration on food packages for salt content [% (n)]
 Always 3.8 (14)a,b 4.5 (18)a,b 3.1 (15)a 2.3 (9)a 5.3 (21)a,b 8.7 (35)b 4.6 (112)
 Sometimes 27.9 (102)a 28.8 (116)a 33.5 (162)a 29.0 (116)a 29.3 (117)a 47.6 (191)b 32.8 (804)
 Rarely/never 68.3 (250)a 66.7 (269)a 63.4 (306)a 68.8 (275)a 65.4 (261)a 43.6 (175)b 62.6 (1536)

i) Countries with non-significant differences are denoted with the same letter; those with significant differences are denoted with different letters

ii) This category has not been used for comparisons because its column proportion is equal to zero or one