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Acta medica Croatica : Časopis Akademije medicinskih znanosti Hrvatske, Vol. 74 No. 3, 2020.

Professional paper

PREDICTIVE EQUATIONS IN THE ESTIMATION OF DAILY SALT INTAKE

MIHAELA MARINOVIĆ GLAVIĆ orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-4301-1602 ; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Rijeka, Croatia
LOVORKA BILAJAC orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-2718-2185 ; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Social Medicine and Epidemiology; Teaching Institute of Public Health of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Rijeka, Croatia
DENIS JURAGA orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-2416-0581 ; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Rijeka, Croati
TOMISLAV RUKAVINA orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-6817-3002 ; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Social Medicine and Epidemiology; Teaching Institute of Public Health of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Health Studies, Department of Public Health of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Rijeka, Croatia
VANJA VASILJEV orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-4308-3008 ; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Rijeka, Croati

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Abstract

It is generally accepted that excessive salt intake is a major determinant contributing to the increased rate of hypertension in the population, but assessment of daily salt intake is a highly challenging issue. The gold standard in determining salt in the body is estimating salt intake in 24-hour urine. The 24-hour urine collection method usually burdens respondents, leading to incomplete data and, consequently, exclusion of respondents from research. Analysis of random urine sample is used as an alternative. The authors of the studies analyzed in this paper used several predictive equations and the results suggest that sodium values of the predictive equations differed signifi cantly from the measured 24-hour values and that the reliability of the equations was unsatisfactory. In conclusion, considering a continuous increase in the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, it becomes necessary to develop an appropriate method of measuring 24-hour urine for estimating daily salt intake in the population.

Keywords

hypertension; salt intake; 24-hour urine; predictive equation; sodium

Hrčak ID:

245743

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/245743

Publication date:

6.11.2020.

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