Journal article
Intake of household salt in a Danish population
Division of Seafood Research, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark1
National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark2
Division of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark3
Division of Food Chemistry, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark4
Objective: To quantify the intake of household salt and its contribution to the total salt intake in a Danish population. Methods: Eighty-seven healthy individuals (37 men and 50 women), aged 20-55 years, recruited from the area of Copenhagen, completed the study. Total salt intake was estimated from the mean urinary excretion of sodium in four 24-h collections.
Household salt, added to the food by the volunteers, was assessed using a lithium-marker technique. Results: Total salt intake was 10.6 +/- 3.3 g day(-1) (mean +/- s.d.) in men and 7.1 +/- 2.3 g day(-1) in women. Median intake of household salt was 1.0 g day(-1) in men and 0.5 g day(-1) in women, corresponding to 10.2 and 8.7% of total salt intake in men and women, respectively.
A significant difference between sexes was found regarding total salt intake (P
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group UK |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Pages: | 598-604 |
| ISSN: | 14765640 and 09543007 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1038/ejcn.2008.18 |
| ORCIDs: | Jakobsen, Jette |
Adult Denmark Female Humans Lithium Male Middle Aged Sodium Sodium, Dietary Young Adult
