Table 3.
Plasma electrolyte content, at the end of the dietary intervention.
| CONT | FRUCT | FRUCTMIN |
Global P
[P between groups] |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | (SEM) | Mean | (SEM) | Mean | (SEM) | ||
| Sodium (mEq/L), n = 5–7 |
142.42 | (1.270) | 143.60 | (0.872) | 144.57 | (0.719) | 0.318 |
| Potassium (mEq/L), n = 5–7 |
5.90 | (0.236) | 5.92 | (0.208) | 5.48 | (0.150) | 0.261 |
| Chloride (mEq/L), n = 5–7 |
100.00 | (0.976) | 99.60 | (0.600) | 100.29 | (0.565) | 0.836 |
| Magnesium (mEq/L), n = 5–7 |
1.71 | (0.0513) | 1.54 | (0.0385) | 1.55 | (0.0431) | 0.025 [(C versus F) 0.020; (C versus FM) 0.017; (F versus FM) 0.873] |
| Calcium (mEq/L), n = 5–7 |
5.32 | (0.0346) | 5.44 | (0.0600) | 5.42 | (0.0359) | 0.124 |
| Phosphorus (mg/L), n = 5–7 |
76.11 | (3.841) | 76.62 | (1.964) | 79.30 | (3.167) | 0.756 |
C or CONT: control; F or FRUCT: 10% fructose in tap water; FM or FRUCTMIN: 10% fructose in natural mineral-rich water; SEM: standard error of the mean.