Is urinary sodium excretion related to anthropometric indicators of adiposity in adults?

demonstrated that each additional g/day salt intake was associated with greater BMI by 0.28 in Japan, 0.10 in China, 0.42 in the United Kingdom, and 0.52 in the United States.[ 16 ] Moreover, they found that higher salt intake was associated with greater prevalence of obesity in all four nations.[ 16 ] In Korean adults, men who were in the highest quintile of 24-UNa in comparison with those in the first quintile had 67% greater odds for obesity, whereas the corresponding value for women was 31% with a trend toward significance ( P = 0.058).[ 32 ] Large specificity and sensitivity values for different obesity indices strongly confirm the potential role of sodium intake in relation to obesity indices.

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We found that participants in the highest tertile of 24-UNa had greater odds of being overweight or obese, but adjustment for potential confounders weakened this association and led to a marginally significant relationship.

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