Research Article
An Assessment of Usual Salt Intake among Older Normotensive Adults in Atonsu, a Suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Table 1
Mean values of baseline characteristics.
| | Parameter | Mean | Std. dev. |
| | Age (years) | 52.3 | 8.7 | | 24 hr urine sodium (mmol/day) | 153.0 | 26.9 | | 24 hr urine potassium (mmol/day) | 52.5 | 12.9 | | Serum sodium (mmol/L) | 150.1 | 7.1 | | Serum potassium (mmol/L) | 3.5 | 0.6 | | Serum creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.0 | 0.1 | | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 119.9 | 10.8 | | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 72.5 | 7.3 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 23.7 | 3.5 |
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