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Response to Khoyska’s et al. letter to the editor Spot and overnight urine are inappropriate to assess population sodium intake To the Editor: We thank Khoyska and colleagues for their interest in our paper, “Systematic review of studies comparing 24-hour and spot urine collections for esti-mating population salt intake ” (1), for their comments (2), and for the opportunity to answer and clarify dif-ferences in approach. As stated, our objective was to “to examine the usefulness of urine sodium excretion in spot or timed urine samples to estimate population dietary Na in-take ” with the intent of informing public policy on the best way to monitor population salt intake within th