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.

GroupN24 hr UK (mmol/day)Std dev value

(Sex)
Male3152.112.50.82
Female3652.913.4

(Age)
40–493350.413.90.40
50–591654.311.2
60 and above1854.912.4

(BMI)
<18754.25.20.81
18–252851.513.2
>253253.514.1