A Study on Contents of Salt in Stored Foods Which Homemakers Prepared and Their Urine in Chon-buk Province

전북지역의 주부가 담근 저장식품과 뇨중의 식염함량에 관한 연구

This study was conducted to find out the contents of salt in stored foods and urine of housewives. The contents of sodium in soy sauce, kochujang and kimchi was significantly higher in rural than urban area. The contents of potassium In soy sauce and kimchi was significantly higher in rural than urban area but that of soybean paste was significantly higher in urban than rural area. The level of NaCl in soy sauce, hochujang and kimchi was significantly higher in rural the urban area. The excretion amount of Na, K and NaCl in urine was significantly higher In rural than urban area. The between of blood pressure and the contents of Na in urine had a high correlation.