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. 2021 Jul 1;23(8):1588–1598. doi: 10.1111/jch.14312

TABLE 5.

Misclassification of the three estimation methods for individual salt intake

Salt intake was converted according to the measured 24‐hour urinary sodium excretion rate
Method/categories <10 g (N = 81) 10–11.4 g (N = 80) 11.5–12.7 g (N = 82) ≥12.8 g (N = 80) Total (N = 323)
Kawasaki method
<10 g 29 (35.8%) 19 (23.8%) 9 (11.0%) 11 (13.75%)
10–11.4 g 30 (37.0%) ) 32 (40%) 6 (7.3%) 3 (3.75%)
11.5–12.7 g 21 (25.9%) 29 (36.2%) 42 (51.2%) 2 (2.5%)
≥12.8 g 1 (1.3%) 0 (0%) 25 (30.5%) 64 (80%)
Misclassification 52 (64.2%) 48 (60%) 40 (48.8%) 16 (20%) 156 (48.2%)
Tanaka method
<10 g 74 (91.4%) 74 (92.5%) 59 (72%) 22 (27.5%)
10–11.4 g 5 (6.2%) 4 (5.0%) 16 (19.5%) 31 (38.8%)
11.5–12.7 g 2 (2.4%) 2 (2.5%) 4 (4.9%) 19 (23.7%)
≥12.8 g 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 3 (3.6%) 8 (10%)
Misclassification 7 (8.6%) 76 (95%) 78 (95.1%) 72 (90%) 233 (72.1%)
INTERSALT method
<10 g 70 (86.4%) 74 (92.5%) 76 (92.7%) 47 (58.8%)
10–11.4 g 8 (9.9%) 5 (6.3%) 4 (4.9%) 15 (18.7%)
11.5–12.7 g 3 (3.7%) 1 (1.2%) 2 (2.4%) 16 (20%)
≥12.8 g 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (2.5%)
Misclassification 11 (13.6%) 75 (93.7%) 80 (97.6%) 78 (97.5%) 244 (75.5%)

Abbreviation: INTERSALT, International Cooperative Study on Salt, Other Factors, and Blood Pressure.