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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Res. 2011 Feb 1;31(2):104–112. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2011.01.004

Table 4.

Renin –Angiotensin Aldosterone System concentrations by group

CD MP WP p value
N (F/M) 6 (5/1) 6(5/1) 6(5/1)
Renin (ng/L)
 Baseline 7.2 ± 0.5 7.2 ± 1.3 7.7 ± 1.8 0.941
 2 mo. 8.4 ± 0.8 8.5 ± 1.6 8.3 ± 0.7 0.984
 5 mo. 9.5 ± 1.4 8.4 ± 1.8 9.0 ± 1.2 0.871
ACE (U/L)
 Baseline 61.2 ± 3.2 50.3 ± 4.4 50.0 ± 5.9 0.187
 2 mo. 51.7 ± 2.1* 50.0 ± 5.4 48.0 ± 6.0 0.867
 5 mo. 52.2 ± 7.0 54.4 ± 5.7 46.8 ± 4.6 0.651
Aldosterone (ng/L)
 Baseline 46.5 ± 6.4 53.8 ± 8.7 54.5 ± 11.1 0.789
 2 mo. 48.9 ± 8.6 77.8 ± 21.5 73.1 ± 18.6 0.461
 5 mo. 49.0 ± 4.4a 67.8 ± 11.1b 42.8 ± 4.4a 0.077

Data are means ± SEM

*

marks significant within-group change from baseline (p< 0.05)

Row values displaying different lowercase letters are significantly different (p < .05, Proc GLM)

CD – control diet; MP- mixed protein diet; WP – whey protein diet