Relationship of urinary sodium and sodium-to-potassium ratio to blood pressure in older adults in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 128-132

  Huggins, Catherine E ^a,b   O'Reilly, Sharleen ^b   Brinkman, Maree ^c   Hodge, Allison ^d   Giles, Graham G ^c   English, Dallas R ^c,d   Nowson, Caryl A ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SODIUM EXCRETION; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINARY SODIUM TO POTASSIUM RATIO;

EID: 79961160909     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03239.x     Document Type: Article

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