. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2014 May 24;24(9):990–995. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2014.05.004

TABLE 1.

Baseline subject characteristics.

Baseline Characteristic	Men	Women
Demographic Data
N (M/W)	16	14
Age (yr)	29 ± 2	31 ± 2
Height (cm)	178 ± 2	167 ± 2^*
Mass (kg)	76 ± 3	68 ± 2
BMI (kg/m2)	23.8 ± 0.7	24.5 ± 0.7
SBP (mmHg)	120 ± 3	114 ± 3
DBP (mmHg)	73 ± 2	70 ± 3
MAP (mmHg)	89 ± 2	85 ± 3
Heart rate (bpm)	62 ± 2	64 ± 3
Biochemical Parameters
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	15.2 ± 0.2	12.6 ± 0.3^*
Hematocrit (%)	45.1 ± 0.5	37.6 ± 0.6^*
Serum sodium (mmol/L)	137.2 ± 2.3	138.7 ± 0.6
Serum potassium (mmol/L)	4.5 ± 0.1	4.3 ± 0.1
Serum chloride (mmol/L)	103.5 ± 0.5	106.4 ± 0.7^*
Plasma osmolality (mOsm/kg H2O)	288.3 ± 0.9	284.0 ± 0.7^*
Serum creatinine (mg/dl)	1.0 ± 0.0	0.8 ± 0.0^*
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dl)	15.5 ± 1.2	12.8 ± 0.9
Fasting glucose (mg/dl)	87.5 ± 1.5	87.5 ± 2.6
Fasting total cholesterol (mg/dl)	176.2 ± 6.8	176.5 ± 7.2
Fasting HDL (mg/dl)	55.9 ± 2.7	70.3 ± 5.2^*
Fasting LDL (mg/dl)	102.1 ± 5.4	90.3 ± 6.5
Fasting triglycerides (mg/dl)	90.8 ± 11.7	79.9 ± 8.3

Values are mean ± SE.

P<0.05 v. men. BP, blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; MAP, mean arterial pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.