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Table 5 Top 10 food sources (food item) with the highest sodium consumption among Malaysian adults

From: High sodium food consumption pattern among Malaysian population

No.

Food items

Unweighted count

Estimated population

Population consumed, % (95% CI)

mg sodium (per day), median (IQR)

1

Kolok mee/kampua mee

118

1,749,135

9.0 (6.2, 13.0)

256.5 (171.0, 366.4)

2

Light soy sauce

351

6,443,736

33.2 (29.0, 37.7)

248.1 (88.6, 630.4)

3

Curry noodle

155

3,584,403

18.5 (14.4, 23.3)

164.2 (82.1, 246.4)

4

Vegetable with soy sauce/oyster sauce

260

5,234,602

27.0 (23.3, 30.9)

154.9 (51.6, 387.3)

5

Fried instant noodle

186

3,754,633

19.3 (15.6, 23.8)

122.3 (61.2, 244.6)

6

Noodle soup

299

5,537,271

28.5 (24.8, 32.6)

103.5 (69.0, 206.9)

7

Vegetable cooked with salted fish

161

3,469,039

17.9 (14.1, 22.4)

103.2 (34.4, 221.2)

8

Fried vegetable

870

16,775,456

86.4 (83.2, 89.0)

101.8 (44.1, 264.3)

9

Roti canai/roti telur

613

12,623,157

65.0 (60.7, 69.1)

99.3 (66.2, 283.7)

10

Fried rice

683

13,609,154

70.1 (65.8, 74.0)

95.4 (44.5, 190.8)