Sodium and potassium intakes among US adults: NHANES 2003-2008.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The American Heart Association (AHA), Institute of Medicine (IOM), and US Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture (USDA) Dietary Guidelines for Americans all recommend that Americans limit sodium intake and choose foods that contain potassium to decrease the risk of hypertension and other adverse health outcomes.

Objective

We estimated the distributions of usual daily sodium and potassium intakes by sociodemographic and health characteristics relative to current recommendations.

Design

We used 24-h dietary recalls and other data from 12,581 adults aged ≥20 y who participated in NHANES in 2003-2008. Estimates of sodium and potassium intakes were adjusted for within-individual day-to-day variation by using measurement error models. SEs and 95

SUBMITTER: Cogswell ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3417219 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature