Open AccessAssociation of Urinary Sodium/Potassium Ratio with Blood Pressure
Author(s) -
S. Susan Hedayati,
Abu Minhajuddin,
Adeel Ijaz,
Orson W. Moe,
Essam F. Elsayed,
Robert F. Reilly,
ChouLong Huang
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.02060311
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , interquartile range , blood pressure , body mass index , creatinine , diastole , endocrinology
Previous studies reporting an association between high BP and high sodium and low potassium intake or urinary sodium/potassium ratio (U[Na(+)]/[K(+)]) primarily included white men and did not control for cardiovascular risk factors.
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