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. 2012 Aug 3;7(8):e42400. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042400

Table 1. Renal function at 1 year and 5 years of age in intact female sham and uni-x sheep.

sham Uni-x P-value
Age (years) 1 year 5 years 1 year 5 years
Plasma sodium (mmol) 144±1 143±1 143±1 143±1 Ptreatment = 0.3 Page = 0.3 Ptreatment × age = 0.5
UFR (ml/kg/h) 2.0±0.4 0.8±0.2 1.8±0.5 0.9±0.2 Ptreatment = 0.8 Page = 0.002 Ptreatment × age = 0.9
UNaV (µmol/kg/h) 109±64 192±64 87±49 79±23 Ptreatment = 0.2 Page = 0.2 Ptreatment × age = 0.4
Filtered load of sodium(mmol/kg/h) 17.4±1.0 17.3±0.2 11.1±0.3 9.7±0.1 Ptreatment<0.001 Page = 0.4 Ptreatment × age = 0.5
FENa % 1.5±0.4 1.3±0.3 0.8±0.4 1.0±0.2 Ptreatment = 0.1 Page = 0.4 Ptreatment × age = 0.5
GFR (ml/kg/h) 121±6 125±2 78±2 69±8 Ptreatment<0.001 Page = 0.8 Ptreatment × age = 0.3
RBF (ml/kg/h) 883±113 826±38 936±142 492±13 Ptreatment = 0.2 Page = 0.017 Ptreatment × age = 0.046
Filtration fraction (%) 15.2±0.8 20.9±0.9 8.4±1.2 19.0±2.1 Ptreatment = 0.03 Page = 0.002 Ptreatment × age = 0.06
RVR (mmHg/ml/kg/h) 0.10±0.02 0.10±0.02 0.10±0.01 0.21±0.01 Ptreatment = 0.008 Page<0.001 Ptreatment × age = 0.001

UFR; urine flow rate, UNaV; Urinary sodium excretion, FENa %; fractional excretion of sodium, GFR; glomerular filtration rate, RBF; renal blood flow, RVR; renal vascular resistance. Values are mean ± SEM, from a two-way repeated ANOVA. n = 5 per treatment group per age.