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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2009 Sep 8;54(5):1159–1163. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.138255

Table. Whole Animal Data From the 6 Groups of Rats After 4 Days on the Study Diets.

Group n Serum Potassium, mEq/L Serum Urea Nitrogen, mg/dL Serum Creatinine, mg/dL
0.3% NaCl/0% K+ 8 3.6±0.4* 9.2±0.4 0.5±0.0
0.3% NaCl/0.95% K+ 7 5.9±0.4 7.6±0.8 0.4±0.0
0.3% NaCl/1.9% K+ 12 5.3±0.3 10.2±1.8 0.5±0.0
8.0% NaCl/0% K+ 6 3.1±0.4* 6.3±1.1 0.4±0.0
8.0% NaCl/0.95% K+ 7 5.2±0.3 9.6±3.0 0.5±0.2
8.0% NaCl/1.9% K+ 7 5.1±0.5 7.4±0.9 0.4±0.1
*

P<0.05 vs the other 2 groups on the same NaCl diet.