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ArticlePublic health nutrition2017

Dietary salt intake in the Australian population.

Joseph Alvin Santos, Jacqui Webster, Mary-Anne Land, Victoria Flood, John Chalmers, Mark Woodward, Bruce Neal, Kristina S Petersen

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Article in Public health nutrition, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Joseph Alvin Santos1The George Institute for Global Health,The University of Sydney,PO Box M201,Missenden Road,Sydney,NSW 2050,Australia.
Jacqui Webster1The George Institute for Global Health,The University of Sydney,PO Box M201,Missenden Road,Sydney,NSW 2050,Australia.
Mary-Anne Land1The George Institute for Global Health,The University of Sydney,PO Box M201,Missenden Road,Sydney,NSW 2050,Australia.
Victoria Flood2Faculty of Health Sciences and Charles Perkins Centre,The University of Sydney,Sydney,Australia.
John Chalmers1The George Institute for Global Health,The University of Sydney,PO Box M201,Missenden Road,Sydney,NSW 2050,Australia.
Mark Woodward1The George Institute for Global Health,The University of Sydney,PO Box M201,Missenden Road,Sydney,NSW 2050,Australia.
Bruce Neal1The George Institute for Global Health,The University of Sydney,PO Box M201,Missenden Road,Sydney,NSW 2050,Australia.
Kristina S Petersen1The George Institute for Global Health,The University of Sydney,PO Box M201,Missenden Road,Sydney,NSW 2050,Australia.
The University of Sydney · AUThe George Institute for Global Health · AURoyal Prince Alfred Hospital · AUThe George Institute for Global Health · GBWestmead Hospital · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo update the estimate of mean salt intake for the Australian population made by the Australian Health Survey (AHS).

designA secondary analysis of the data collected in a cross-sectional survey was conducted. Estimates of salt intake were made in Lithgow using the 24 h diet recall methodology employed by the AHS as well as using 24 h urine collections. The data from the Lithgow sample were age- and sex-weighted, to provide estimates of daily salt intake for the Australian population based upon (i) the diet recall data and (ii) the 24 h urine samples.

settingLithgow, New South Wales, Australia. SUBJECTS: Individuals aged ≥20 years residing in Lithgow and listed on the 2009 federal electoral roll.

resultsMean (95 % CI) salt intake estimated from the 24 h diet recalls was 6·4 (6·2, 6·7) g/d for the Lithgow population compared with a corresponding figure of 6·2 g/d for the Australian population derived from the AHS. The corresponding estimate of salt intake for Lithgow adults based upon the 24 h urine collections was 9·0 (8·6, 9·4) g/d. When the age- and sex-specific estimates of salt intake obtained from the 24 h urine collections in the Lithgow sample were weighted using Australian census data, estimated salt intake for the Australian population was 9·0 (8·6, 9·5) g/d. Further adjustment for non-urinary Na excretion made the best estimate of daily salt intake for both Lithgow and Australia about 9·9 g/d.

conclusionsThe dietary recall method used by the AHS likely substantially underestimated mean population salt consumption in Australia.

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AdultBody Mass IndexBody WeightCross-Sectional StudiesDietFemaleHumansMaleMental RecallMiddle AgedNew South WalesNutrition AssessmentSex FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsSodium Chloride, DietaryYoung AdultSodium Chloride, Dietary24 h urine sampleAustraliaDiet recallDiet surveySaltSodium

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PMID28511736
PMCPMC10261523
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