Table 1.

Plasma and urine chemistries of control rats versus HCl-fed rats

	Control Rats	HCl-Fed Rats
Plasma pH	7.32 ± 0.03	7.18 ± 0.02*
Plasma [HCO3−], mM	24.2 ± 1.1	16.3 ± 1.4*
Pco2, mmHg	45.9 ± 3.6	44.0 ± 1.9
Urine pH	7.76 ± 0.13	6.19 ± 0.07*
Urine volume, ml/day	16.0 ± 1.6	40.5 ± 1.4*
Urine osmolality, mosmol/kg H2O	1,039 ± 94	752 ± 25*

Data are means ± SE, n = 10 rats/group combined from 2 separate experiments.

^*Significantly different from pair-fed control rats at P < 0.05.