. "Appendix D: U.S. Dietary Intake Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994." Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2005.
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Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate
25th
50th
75th
90th
95th
99th
649
848
1,054
1,308
1,495
2,019
684
886
1,125
1,419
1,592
2,083
673
906
1,262
1,638
1,918
2,545
1,028
1,226
1,448
1,705
1,860
2,251
56
38
33
86
109
232
1,421
1,822
2,315
2,850
3,217
4,016
69
58
64
99
143
286
2,113
2,587
3,171
3,840
4,325
5,434
141
95
129
302
460
877
2,321
2,970
3,802
4,750
5,427
6,976
80
68
86
158
228
422
2,231
2,883
3,705
4,694
5,426
7,114
79
65
79
132
189
349
2,002
2,576
3,307
4,174
4,812
6,286
50
56
77
121
164
291
1,651
2,113
2,665
3,248
3,640
4,467
33
36
60
105
142
233
1,220
1,587
2,063
2,608
3,000
3,904
43
43
65
109
147
247
1,371
1,828
2,454
3,236
3,827
5,218
49
49
78
178
274
538
1,601
2,152
2,876
3,625
4,163
5,369
66
39
92
120
140
338
1,728
2,303
3,062
3,987
4,688
6,384
32
37
58
78
138
432
1,741
2,254
2,883
3,617
4,145
5,320
45
50
59
97
119
196
1,453
1,868
2,365
2,892
3,245
3,994
37
34
42
73
101
172
1,757
2,287
2,957
3,709
4,243
5,457
148
141
157
270
403
805
2,758
3,054
3,353
3,625
3,789
4,100
404
184
370
659
843
1,200
1,933
2,477
3,130
3,821
4,289
5,288
111
115
142
200
255
405
1,528
2,146
2,954
3,908
4,623
6,442
17
21
33
43
66
128
1,532
2,151
2,959
3,912
4,625
6,436
18
22
31
42
62
125
DATA SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), 1988–1994.
SOURCE: ENVIRON International Corporation and Iowa State University Department of Statistics (2003).
