Factors Predicting Sodium Intake of Korean Americans with Type 2 Diabetes

Abstract

The increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its complications including cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease threaten Korean Americans (KAs). High dietary sodium intake contributes to both conditions. The purpose of the study was to assess dietary sodium consumption and to examine the predictors of sodium intake among KA with T2DM. A total 232 KA who had uncontrolled diabetes participated in this study. The majority of the sample (69%) consumed more sodium than current national guidelines. A high level of energy intake was the strongest predictor for sodium intake with gender and marital status also related. Our findings identified predictive factors to excessive sodium intake and these data support the need for culturally-tailored education about appropriate dietary sodium and energy intake are needed for patients about T2DM.

Socio-Demographic and Clinical Profiles Associated with Sodium Consumption Behaviors in Patients with Non-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease: A Study in Myanmar

“…Some studies reported that older age was associated with higher sodium consumption in CKD and healthy populations (Meuleman et al, 2018;Reyhani et al, 2020), while some found no association between age and sodium intake in a hypertensive population (Wicaksana et al, 2021). Some previous studies found an influence of gender on SCB in healthy, hypertensive, and type 2 diabetes populations (Aziz et al, 2021;Ko et al, 2018;Reyhani et al, 2020), whereas others found no association in nondialysis CKD and heart failure patients (Meuleman et al, 2018;Smith et al, 2019). Mestral et al (2017) conducted a systematic review and reported that individuals with low socioeconomic status had excessive sodium consumption.…”