Research Article

Association of Urinary Sodium Excretion with Vascular Damage: A Local Kidney Effect, Rather Than a Marker of Generalized Vascular Impairment

Table 2

Correlation of sodium excretion with office and ambulatory blood pressure components. Without and after adjustment for age, BMI, and smoking.

Office BPDaytimeNighttime24-hour
SBPDBPSBPDBPSBPDBPSBPDBP

Sodium excretion mmol/24h0.1180.0240.2140.1140.2190.1420.2070.125
Adjusted r+0.113-0.4700.1880.0750.1860.0770.2080.096

p<0.05, p<0.01.
SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, ΒMI: body mass index, and h: hour.
+ r adjusted (partial correlation) for age, BMI, and smoking.