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REVISTA LATINO-AMERICANA DE ENFERMAGEM
Volume 21, Issue 5, Pages 1013-1021Publisher
UNIV SAO PAULO, ESCOLA DE ENFERMAGEM DE RIBEIRAO PRETO
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-11692013000500002
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Nursing; Sodium Chloride, Dietary; Hypertension; Feeding Behavior; Sex; Social Class
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- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [2009/14461-4]
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Objective: to evaluate the relationship between the behaviors of salt consumption and socio-demographic and clinical variables. Method: sodium consumption was evaluated using the methods: self-reporting (considering 3 different behaviors related to salt consumption), 24-hr dietary recall, discretionary salt, food frequency questionnaire, estimation of total sodium intake and 24-hr urinary excretion of sodium (n=108). Results: elevated salt intake according to the different measurements of consumption of the nutrient was associated with the variables: male sex, low level of schooling and monthly income, being Caucasian, and being professionally inactive; and with the clinical variables: elevated Body Mass Index, tensional levels, ventricular hypertrophy and the number of medications used. Conclusion: the data obtained shows a heterogenous association between the different behaviors related to salt consumption and the socio-demographic and clinical variables. This data can be used to optimize the directing of educational activities with a view to reducing salt consumption among hypertensives.
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