Intake of sodium and potassium, sodium-potassium intake ratio, and their relation to the risk of diabetes mellitus.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to examine the effects of sodium and potassium intake on the risk of diabetes mellitus (DM). In a cohort of 99,552 working-age Korean adults (60,591 men; mean age 39.7 ± 6.9 and 38,961 women; mean age 38.4 ± 6.5), we longitudinally evaluated the risk of DM in relation to quartile levels of sodium intake, potassium intake, and the sodium-potassium ratio. A Cox proportional hazards model was used to assess the risk of DM by calculating adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for incident DM (adjusted HR [95% CI]). In men, sodium intake was not associated with the risk of DM (first quartile: reference, second quartile: 0.96 [0.87-1.07], third quartile: 0.94 [0.84-1.05], and fourth quartile: 1.02 [0.89-1.18]). Women did not show a significant association betwee

SUBMITTER: Park SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11799388 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature