What is it about?
Risk factors for hypertension (HT) are age, high sodium (Na) intake, and low potassium (K) intake, as well as the geographical location of a region such us coastal area. Calculation of the sodium-to-potassium (Na/K) ratio was more strongly associated with blood pressure (BP) than either Na or K alone. This study aims to analyze the association between both urinary and dietary (Na/K) ratio and BP among older women residing at urban coastal in Indonesia
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Why is it important?
Our study supports the view that Na/K ratio is a useful marker for estimating BP since Na/K ratio is more strongly associated with blood pressure than either sodium or potassium alone. Both 24-h urinary and dietary Na/K ratios are potential surveillance tool that can assess and identify populations at high risk for HT in coastal area; assessing by urinary Na/K ratio is more recommended
Perspectives
It is important to measure sodium and potassium simultaneously for estimating blood pressure
Farapti Farapti
Universitas Airlangga
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This page is a summary of: Urinary and dietary sodium to potassium ratio as a useful marker for estimating blood pressure among older women in Indonesian urban coastal areas, Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, July 2017, IOS Press,
DOI: 10.3233/mnm-17138.
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