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. 2020 Jul 12;50(3):916–928. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa098

Table 3.

Urinary excretion of Na, K, Ca and Mg across different managed aquifer recharge users for intention-to-treat analyses, restricted to participants with complete 24-hour urine samples

Urinary minerals Models Intention-to-treat analyses
p-value
No managed aquifer recharge water access Managed aquifer recharge water access [βa (95% CI)]
(N = 1048) (N = 1083)
Urinary Na+ (difference in mean daily excretion in mmol) Model 1 Ref. 10.31 (0.77, 19.84) 0.034
Model 2 Ref. 10.65 (1.44, 19.87) 0.023
Model 3 Ref. 10.34 (1.11, 19.58) 0.028
Urinary K+ (difference in mean daily excretion in mmol) Model 1 Ref. 2.38 (0.28, 4.47) 0.026
Model 2 Ref. 2.47 (0.31, 4.63) 0.025
Model 3 Ref. 2.37 (0.24, 4.49) 0.029
Urinary Ca2+ (ratio of median daily excretion) Model 1 Ref. 1.11 (0.93, 1.34) 0.239
Model 2 Ref. 1.12 (0.93, 1.35) 0.224
Model 3 Ref. 1.12 (0.95, 1.33) 0.190
Urinary Mg2+ (ratio of median daily excretion) Model 1 Ref. 1.05 (0.90, 1.21) 0.543
Model 2 Ref. 1.06 (0.91, 1.23) 0.437
Model 3 Ref. 1.06 (0.92, 1.23) 0.412

Model 1: adjusted for visit only; Model 2: adjusted for visit, age, sex and body mass index; Model 3: adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, marital status, physical activity, smoking status, alcohol consumption, hours of sleep, religion, salt intake and wealth quintile.

a

Refers to differences in mean blood pressure (in mmHg) of participants or ratio of medians of 24-hour urinary protein of participants between communities with access to managed aquifer recharge water and without managed aquifer recharge water access.