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Title of the article
At-home determination of 24-h urine sodium excretion: Validation of chloride test strips and multiple spot samples
List of authors
N.D. Heeney, R.H Lee, B.C.D. Hockin, D.C. Clarke, S. Sanatani, K. Armstrong, T. Sedlak, V.E. Claydon
The journal in which the article is published
Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2021.102797 PMID: 33773398
A brief summary
Salt intake is linked to blood pressure control, and as such dietary sodium monitoring is important for those with low blood pressure and fainting, or with high blood pressure problems, to help them adjust their dietary sodium intake to meet prescribed targets. Dietary sodium intake is currently assessed with a 24-hour urine collection analysed in a laboratory, which is inconvenient. We evaluated an alternative approach of testing multiple spot urine samples using at-home test strips. We found this alternate method to be a reasonable substitute that will allow for more comfortable and convenient at-home monitoring of dietary sodium intake.
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