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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Public Health. 2014 Jan 16;104(12):2409–2416. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301542

TABLE 3.

Percentage of Adult New Yorkers Meeting Recommended Daily Sodium Intake Limits: Heart Follow-Up Study, New York City, 2010

Characteristic Mean Sodium Intake (mg/d),
Weighted Mean (SE)
Consuming Recommended Limit for High Risk,a
Weighted % (95% CI)
Consuming Recommended Limit for Normal Risk,b
Weighted % (95% CI)
Persons at high riskc
 Total 3336 (76)   9.2 (6.9, 12)   29.1 (25.2, 33.5)
 Aged ≥ 51 y 3054 (73)   12.1 (8.8, 16.3) 34.7 (29.8, 39.9)
 Black 3477 (139) 11.3 (6.9, 17.9) 28.9 (22.3, 36.6)
 Hypertension 3375 (123) 10.8 (7.3, 15.7) 31.1 (25.2, 37.8)
 Diabetes 3557 (159)   9.2 (5.3, 15.3) 24.3 (17.2, 33.1)
 Chronic kidney disease 3683 (170) 8.3d (4.5, 15.0) 21.4 (14.6, 30.1)
All other New Yorkers 3084 (104) 13.3 (9.3, 18.7) 34.6 (28.3, 41.5)

Note. CI = confidence interval.

a

< 1500 mg/d.

b

< 2300 mg/d.

c

Categories not mutually exclusive.

d

Estimate’s relative SE (a measure of estimate precision) was > 30% or the sample size was < 50, making the estimate potentially unreliable.