Assessment of Sodium and Potassium Intakes in Children Aged 6 to 18 Years by 24 h Urinary Excretion in City of Rabat, Morocco
Table 1
General characteristics of the studied population.
Total ()
Boys ()
Girls ()
values
Mean ± SD
Median (interquartile range)
Mean ± SD
Median (interquartile range)
Mean ± SD
Median (interquartile range)
Age (years)
9.8 ± 2.4
9.7 (8.4, 11.2)
9.8 ± 2.4
9.4 (8.1, 11.0)
10.5 ± 2.6
9.9 (8.9, 11.4)
0.1
Weight (kg)
32.7 ± 11.3
30.4 (25.0, 38.4)
32.7 ± 11.3
29.5 (24.8, 39.4)
34.1 ± 12.4
31.6 (25.9, 37.9)
0.4
Height (cm)
137 ± 14.4
137.0 (130, 144.9)
137 ± 14.4
137.2 (126.7, 144.0)
138.5 ± 13.8
136 (130, 148)
0.5
BMI
17.1 ± 3.6
16.5 (14.6, 18.6)
17.1 ± 3.8
16.08 (14.5, 18.2)
17.3 ± 3.5
16.8 (14.8, 18.8)
0.7
BAZ
−0.1 ± 1.6
0.05 (−1.1, 0.7)
−0.1 ± 1.8
0.05 (−1.1, 0.75)
−0.15 ± 1.3
0.03 (−1.9, 0.9)
0.3
Thinness
9.9
—
10.3
—
9.5
—
Normal
69.5
—
72.1
—
66.7
—
Overweight
12.2
—
8.8
—
15.9
—
0.8
Obesity
8.4
—
8.8
—
7.9
—
Blood pressure
Systolic (mmHg)
98.5 ± 11.7
98 (90–107)
98.1 ± 12
98.3 (88.4–108.4)
98.9 ± 10.1
99 (91.3–107)
0.7
Diastolic (mmHg)
69.3 ± 9.9
70 (61–77.5)
68.8 ± 10.7
70 (60–77.8)
69.8 ± 9.01
70 (62–77.3)
0.5
values by one-way ANOVA for means or Mann–Whitney U test for medians. Results are presented as mean ± standard deviation or proportion (%); BMI (body mass index), BAZ (BMI Z-score of body mass index for age), and Z-scores were determined according to [27].
