Dietary patterns extracted from the current Japanese diet and their associations with sodium and potassium intakes estimated by repeated 24 h urine collection.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify dietary patterns in the current Japanese diet and evaluate the associations between these patterns and Na and K intakes.

Design

Dietary patterns were extracted by factor analysis from the intakes of food groups assessed with a validated self-administrated diet history questionnaire. Na and K intakes and urinary Na:K were assessed by repeated 24 h urine collection.

Subjects

Healthy Japanese adults aged 20-69 years (353 men and 349 women).

Setting

Twenty study areas in twenty-three prefectures in Japan. Result Four dietary patterns were identified in each sex. After adjustment for several confounding factors, the 'Fish and vegetable' pattern was associated with higher urinary Na excretion, but the association was not significant (P=0·37 in m

SUBMITTER: Fujiwara A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10270817 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature