FIGURE 1.
The relationship of 24 h urinary sodium excretion and 24 h urinary albumin excretion. (A) Patients were classified according to the urinary albumin excretion. The data are mean ± SD. *p < 0.05 vs. microalbuminuria group. (B) The patients were divided into four groups according to 24 h urinary sodium excretion. Quartile 1 (Q1) refers to the lowest sodium excretion quartile, and quartile 4 (Q4) indicates the highest sodium excretion quartile. The data are mean ± IQR. **p = 0.001 and ***p = 0.000 vs. Q1 group.