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Comparison of three spot urine formulae and their validation using 24-hour urine sodium for estimation of daily salt intake: a cross-sectional study among Bangladeshi adults.

Sohel Reza ChoudhuryMohammad Abdullah Al-MamunJubaida AkhtarMd Noor Nabi SayemZerin ZahedMohammad Ataur RahmanJasimuddin AhmedMohammad Mostafa Zaman
Published in: BMJ open (2022)
Tanaka, Kawasaki and INTERSALT methods were not appropriate for the estimation of 24-hour urinary sodium excretion from spot urine samples to assess dietary salt intake in Bangladesh. Among the three methods, the Kawasaki method has the highest agreement with the 24-hour urinary sodium excretion concentration in this population.
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