Table 5.
Top 10 food sources (food item) with the highest sodium consumption among Malaysian adults
| No. | Food items | Unweighted count | Estimated population | Population consumed, % (95% CI) | mg sodium (per day), median (IQR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kolok mee/kampua mee | 118 | 1,749,135 | 9.0 (6.2, 13.0) | 256.5 (171.0, 366.4) |
| 2 | Light soy sauce | 351 | 6,443,736 | 33.2 (29.0, 37.7) | 248.1 (88.6, 630.4) |
| 3 | Curry noodle | 155 | 3,584,403 | 18.5 (14.4, 23.3) | 164.2 (82.1, 246.4) |
| 4 | Vegetable with soy sauce/oyster sauce | 260 | 5,234,602 | 27.0 (23.3, 30.9) | 154.9 (51.6, 387.3) |
| 5 | Fried instant noodle | 186 | 3,754,633 | 19.3 (15.6, 23.8) | 122.3 (61.2, 244.6) |
| 6 | Noodle soup | 299 | 5,537,271 | 28.5 (24.8, 32.6) | 103.5 (69.0, 206.9) |
| 7 | Vegetable cooked with salted fish | 161 | 3,469,039 | 17.9 (14.1, 22.4) | 103.2 (34.4, 221.2) |
| 8 | Fried vegetable | 870 | 16,775,456 | 86.4 (83.2, 89.0) | 101.8 (44.1, 264.3) |
| 9 | Roti canai/roti telur | 613 | 12,623,157 | 65.0 (60.7, 69.1) | 99.3 (66.2, 283.7) |
| 10 | Fried rice | 683 | 13,609,154 | 70.1 (65.8, 74.0) | 95.4 (44.5, 190.8) |