Association of urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio with obesity in a multiethnic cohort1234

• Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 99; no. 5; pp. 992 - 998
• Main Authors: Jain, Nishank, Minhajuddin, Abu T, Neeland, Ian J, Elsayed, Essam F, Vega, Gloria L, Hedayati, S Susan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.05.2014; American Society for Nutrition
• Subjects: Nutritional Status, Dietary Intake, and Body Composition

Previous studies that reported an association of dietary Na+ intake with metabolic syndrome were limited by the use of imprecise measures of obesity, Na+ intake, or exclusion of multiethnic populations. The effect of dietary K+ intake on obesity is less well described. We hypothesized that high diet...