Research Article
An Assessment of Usual Salt Intake among Older Normotensive Adults in Atonsu, a Suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Table 3
24 hr urinary potassium (UK) excretion stratified by sex, age, and BMI.
| Group | N | 24 hr UK (mmol/day) | Std dev | value |
| (Sex) | Male | 31 | 52.1 | 12.5 | 0.82 | Female | 36 | 52.9 | 13.4 | |
| (Age) | 40–49 | 33 | 50.4 | 13.9 | 0.40 | 50–59 | 16 | 54.3 | 11.2 | | 60 and above | 18 | 54.9 | 12.4 | |
| (BMI) | <18 | 7 | 54.2 | 5.2 | 0.81 | 18–25 | 28 | 51.5 | 13.2 | | >25 | 32 | 53.5 | 14.1 | |
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