Urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio and intake of sodium and potassium among men and women from multiethnic general populations: the INTERSALT Study

Hypertension Research

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2019, Pages 1590-1598

  Iwahori, Toshiyuki ^a,b,c   Miura, Katsuyuki ^a   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^a   Tanaka Mizuno, Sachiko ^a   Chan, Queenie ^d   Arima, Hisatomi ^e   Dyer, Alan R ^f   Elliott, Paul ^d   Stamler, Jeremiah ^f  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Omron Healthcare Co   (Japan)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

24 h urine excretion; casual urine; potassium; sodium; Sodium to potassium ratio

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROLYTE URINE LEVEL; EMISSION FLAME PHOTOMETRY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; POTASSIUM INTAKE; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM EXCRETION; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; URINARY SODIUM CREATININE RATIO; URINARY SODIUM TO POTASSIUM RATIO; URINE SAMPLING; URINE VOLUME; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; URINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM, DIETARY; ROC CURVE; SODIUM; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 85064568608     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41440-019-0263-1     Document Type: Article

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