Table 3. Major food groups contributing to sodium intake, KNHANES 2013–2017.
| Rank | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food group | Mean intake of sodium (mg)1) | Food group | Mean intake of sodium (mg) | Food group | Mean intake of sodium (mg) | Food group | Mean intake of sodium (mg) | Food group | Mean intake of sodium (mg) | |
| 1 | Seasonings | 1,870.5 (48.4) | Seasonings | 1,795.1 (47.8) | Seasonings | 1,843.1 (47.4) | Seasonings | 1,716.8 (46.8) | Seasonings | 1,597.5 (45.9) |
| 2 | Vegetables2) | 756.7 (19.6) | Vegetables | 726.7 (19.4) | Vegetables | 745.9 (19.2) | Vegetables | 701.3 (19.1) | Vegetables | 680.4 (19.6) |
| 3 | Cereal grains | 580.2 (15.0) | Cereal grains | 573.2 (15.3) | Cereal grains | 609.4 (15.7) | Cereal grains | 600.8 (16.4) | Cereal grains | 589.4 (17.0) |
| 4 | Fish and shellfish | 235.5 (6.1) | Fish and shellfish | 234.6 (6.2) | Fish and shellfish | 258.0 (6.6) | Fish and shellfish | 220.8 (6.0) | Fish and shellfish | 228.3 (6.6) |
| 5 | Meat | 133.4 (3.5) | Meat | 146.1 (3.9) | Meat | 150.5 (3.9) | Meat | 157.2 (4.3) | Meat | 160.9 (4.6) |
| Top 3 group subtotal | 3,207.4 (83.0) | 3,095.0 (82.4) | 3,198.4 (82.2) | 3,018.9 (82.3) | 2,867.3 (82.5) | |||||
All values are expressed as mean intake of sodium (mean % of total sodium intake).
KNHANES, Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
1)Sampling weight was applied to all values. 2)Fermented vegetables such as Kimchi were included in vegetables group.