Urinary and dietary sodium to potassium ratio as a useful marker for estimating blood pressure among older women in Indonesian urban coastal areas

• Main Authors: Farapti, -, Siti Rahayu Nadhiroh, -, Savitri Sayogo, -, Nunuk Mardiana, -
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English; English
• Published: IOS Press 2017
• Subjects: RM214-258 Diet therapy. Dietary cookbooks
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/111604/2/1-Artikel.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/111604/3/1-Peer-Review.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/111604/4/1-Turnitin.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/111604/9/1-Corresponding.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/111604/; https://content.iospress.com/journals/mediterranean-journal-of-nutrition-and-metabolism/10/3
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

BACKGROUND: Risk factors for hypertension (HT) are age, high sodium (Na) intake, and low potassium (K) intake, as well as the geographical location of a region such us coastal area. Calculation of the sodium-to-potassium (Na/K) ratio was more ~ strongly associated with blood pressure (BP) than eith...