Systematic review of studies comparing 24-hour and spot urine collections for estimating population salt intake Revisión sistemática de estudios comparativos entre recolección de muestras de orina de 24 horas y puntual para calcular el consumo de sal en la población

OBJECTIVE: To examine the usefulness of urine sodium (Na) excretion in spot or timed urine samples to estimate population dietary Na intake relative to the gold standard of 24-hour (h) urinary Na. METHODS: An electronic literature search was conducted of MEDLINE (from 1950) and EMBASE (from 1980) as...

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Main Authors: Chen Ji, Lindsay Sykes, Christina Paul, Omar Dary, Branka Legetic, Norm R. C. Campbell, Francescp P. Cappuccio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2012-10-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892012001000010