Subjective evaluation of the frequency of salty food intake and its relationship to urinary sodium excretion and blood pressure in a middle-aged population

Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants according to the subjectively evaluated frequency of salty food intake

Patient characteristics	Frequency of salty foods intake			P value
Patient characteristics	Seldom (n = 39)	Sometimes (n = 284)	Always (n = 96)	P value
Age (years)	39 ± 8	38 ± 9	35 ± 8	0.001^a
Male sex	84.6	91.5	95.8	0.090^b
Obesity	7.7	25.4	20.8	0.042^b
Hypertension	0.0	5.6	3.1	0.21^b
Dyslipidemia	30.8	36.6	35.4	0.77^b
IFG/DM	5.1	4.6	5.2	0.96^b
Current smoking	25.6	32.7	34.4	0.61^b
Excess alcohol intake	0.0	4.2	5.2	0.37^b

IFG/DM Impaired fasting glucose/diabetes mellitus
Data are presented as the percentage of participants, except for age, which is presented as the mean ± standard deviation (SD)
^aAnalysis of variance
^bChi-square test

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