2. In a study of patients on sodium-restricted diets, 55 patients with hypertension were studied. Among these, 24 were on sodium-restricted diets. Of 149 patients without hypertension, 36 were on sodium-restricted diets. We would like to know if we can conclude that, in the sampled population, the proportion of patients on sodium-restricted diets is higher among patients with hypertension than among patients without hypertension