The association of carotid artery atherosclerosis with the estimated excretion levels of urinary sodium and potassium and their ratio in Chinese adults

Table 2 Adjusted associations of carotid plaque and IMT with eUNaE, eUKE and the Na/K ratio

Variables	eUNaE			eUKE			Na/K ratio
Carotid Plaque
	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P
Model 1 (n = 13,523)	0.99	0.96, 1.03	0.68	0.81	0.74, 0.88	< 0.01	1.14	1.08–1.21	< 0.01
Model 2 (n = 13,523)	1.03	0.99, 1.07	0.12	1.00	0.91, 1.10	0.99	1.07	1.01–1.14	0.03
Model 3 (n = 13,523)	1.03	0.99, 1.07	0.11	1.02	0.93, 1.12	0.69	1.06	1.00–1.13	0.048
CCA-IMT
	β	95% CI	P	β	95% CI	P	β	95% CI	P
Model 1 (n = 9444)	0.004	0.002, 0.006	< 0.01	0.004	−0.001, 0.008	0.12	0.006	0.002, 0.009	< 0.01
Model 2 (n = 9444)	0.002	0.000, 0.003	0.04	0.001	−0.003, 0.005	0.62	0.003	0.000, 0.006	0.09
Model 3 (n = 9444)	0.002	0.000, 0.004	0.04	0.001	−0.003, 0.006	0.54	0.003	0.000, 0.005	0.10
BIF-IMT
	β	95% CI	P	β	95% CI	P	β	95% CI	P
Model 1 (n = 9444)	0.004	0.000, 0.007	0.03	−0.005	−0.013, 0.003	0.23	0.013	0.007, 0.019	< 0.01
Model 2 (n = 9444)	0.001	−0.002, 0.004	0.61	−0.009	−0.016, − 0.001	0.02	0.008	0.003, 0.013	< 0.01
Model 3 (n = 9444)	0.001	−0.002, 0.004	0.60	−0.008	−0.015, − 0.001	0.03	0.008	0.003, 0.013	< 0.01

Model 1 was not adjusted for other factors
Model 2 was adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, smoking, and alcohol consumption
Model 3 was adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, smoking, alcohol consumption, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease

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