Oral health behavior as a risk factor for high urinary sodium among Korean women

• Published in: Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 671 - 680
• Main Authors: Han, Kyungdo, Kim, NamRyang, Ko, Youngkyung, Park, Yong-Gyu, Park, Jun-Beom
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia HEC Press 01.05.2018
• Subjects: Alcohol; Analysis; Body mass index; Care and hygiene; Cholesterol; Diabetes; Diagnosis; Disease prevention; Diseases; Evaluation; Exercise; Fasting; Gender differences; Health behavior; Hypertension; Kidneys; Lifestyles; Metabolic syndrome; Metabolism; Mouth; Nutrition; Oral hygiene; Physical fitness; Potassium; Public health; Review boards; Smoking; Sodium; Studies; Teeth; Triglycerides; Urine; Womens health; Korea; South Korea; Japan; epidemiology; oral health; urinalysis; dietary sodium; kidney diseases

Background and Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the association between urinary sodium, urinary sodium/creatinine, and urinary sodium/urine specific gravity and oral health behavior using nationally representative data. Methods and Study Design: Data from the Korea Nat...