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Table 3 Average estimates of sodium intake

From: Sodium intake in Germany estimated from sodium excretion measured in spot urine samples

	Men				Women
	Mean	CI mean	Median	CI median	Mean	CI mean	Median	CI median
	(mmol/d)	(mmol/d)	(mmol/d)	(mmol/d)	(mmol/d)	(mmol/d)	(mmol/d)	(mmol/d)
Johner [28, 36]	194	188–199	174	168–180	167	163–171	149	144–154
Toft [31]	205	203–207	206	204–208	138	137–139	138	137–139
Brown [35]	166	165–168	164	162–166	124	123–125	123	122–124
Tanaka [32]	169	167–170	168	166–170	162	161–164	160	158–162
Kawasaki [33]	230	226–233	228	224–231	194	192–196	190	187–193

Mean and median daily sodium excretion of German men and women estimated with various methods

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