Study on the Correlation between Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion and Blood Pressure in Adult Hypertensive Inpatients of Different Sexes

Table 3

Rank correlation analysis of 24-hour urinary sodium and urinary potassium excretion and blood pressure in patients of different genders.

Gender	Items	24-hour urinary sodium		24-hour urinary potassium
		Correlation coefficient		Correlation coefficient
Male	24 hSBP	0.114	0.029	−0.115	0.028
	24 hDBP	0.056	0.285	0.001	0.992
	dSBP	0.091	0.080	−0.102	0.051
	dDBP	0.048	0.360	−0.010	0.845
	nSBP	0.130	0.013	−0.113	0.030
	nDBP	0.086	0.099	−0.011	0.832
Female	24 hSBP	0.299	<0.001	−0.100	0.124
	24 hDBP	0.239	<0.001	0.024	0.712
	dSBP	0.288	<0.001	−0.080	0.217
	dDBP	0.229	<0.001	0.053	0.417
	nSBP	0.271	<0.001	−0.147a	0.023
	nDBP	0.187	0.004	−0.017	0.790