Urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio: a simple and useful indicator of diet quality in population-based studies

Table 5 Multivariable association between dietary patterns scores and spot urinary Na-to-K ratio

Dietary patterns scores	Standardized β coefficient	95% confidence interval for β	P value
Traditional dietary pattern
Crude	− 0.12	− 0.22, − 0.10	0.001
Adjusted^a	− 0.14	− 0.24, − 0.11	0.001
Western dietary pattern
Crude	0.06	0.02, 0.14	0.008
Adjusted^a	0.06	0.01, 0.16	0.021
DASH dietary score
Crude	− 0.11	− 0.05, − 0.02	0.001
Adjusted^a	− 0.12	− 0.05, − 0.02	0.001
Mediterranean dietary score
Crude	− 0.06	− 0.08, − 0.01	0.013
Adjusted^a	− 0.07	− 0.09, − 0.01	0.009

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