Research Article
Awareness of Salt Intake among Community-Dwelling Elderly at Coastal Area: The Role of Public Health Access Program
Table 3
Estimated salt intake from 24-h urinary stratified by Indonesian RDA and WHO and the correlation with blood pressure.
| Variables |
| Mean ± SD (g/day) | 6.16 ± 3.48 |
| Based on Indonesian RDA | | <3 g/d | 6 (11.8%) | 3–6 g/d | 26 (51%) | >6 g/d | 19 (37.2%) |
| Based on WHO recommendation | | ≤5 g/d | 21 (41.2%) | >5 g/d | 30 (58.8%) |
| Adequacy salt intake (3 g/d) | 205.38 ± 116.17% |
| Adequacy salt intake (5 g/d) | 123.23 ± 69.7% |
| Adequacy salt intake (6 g/d) | 102.69 ± 58.09% |
| Bivariate analysis | | Salt intake and systolic BP | | Salt intake and diastolic BP | |
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Spearman correlation and is considered significant. |