. 2014 Apr 22;159(1):325–331. doi: 10.1007/s12011-014-9973-z

Table 2.

The Cr intake and minimum absorption of rats in the groups fed experimental diets

	Experimental diets^a
	FF	FF + Cr	CEL	CEL + Cr	PEC	PEC + Cr	CEL + PEC	CEL + PEC + Cr
Cr intake (μg/day)	1.69 ± 0.19^A	36.8 ± 3.16^B	1.99 ± 0.21^A	34.5 ± 3.85^B	3.80 ± 0.63^A	38.3 ± 1.61^B	1.96 ± 0.24^A	34.5 ± 1.63^B
Cr excretion in urine (μg/day) × 10⁻²	2.02 ± 0.23^A	2.60 ± 0.31^AB	3.59 ± 0.21^AB	6.83 ± 0.44^CDE	3.84 ± 0.39^ABD	7.28 ± 0.35^CE	5.35 ± 0.42^BE	8.60 ± 2.89^C
Urinary excretion rate (%)^b	1.19 ± 0.14^AB	0.07 ± 0.02^B	1.84 ± 0.50^AC	0.19 ± 0.08^BD	1.01 ± 0.74^ABD	0.19 ± 0.03^BD	2.73 ± 1.35^C	0.25 ± 0.06^BD

The data are presented as the mean ± SD. The values in the same row that do not share the same superscript letter are significantly different (analysis of variance, P < 0.05)

FF a fiber-free diet, CEL a diet with 5 % cellulose, PEC a diet with 5 % pectin, CEL + PEC a diet with 2.5 % cellulose and 2.5 % pectin

^aThe diets differ in fiber content and Cr content

^bUrinary excretion rate (%) = (Cr excreted in rat urine (μg/day) / Cr intake (μg/day)) × 100 %