Figure 4.
Myocardial calcium content. Measurement of myocardial calcium content using atomic absorption spectrometry in μg Ca/mg dry weight tissue. CKD animals display a significantly increased myocardial calcium content compared to Co animals. Co = control group; Co-K2 = MK-7 supplemented control group; CKD = 5/6 nephrectomized group; CKD-K2 = MK-7 supplemented 5/6 nephrectomized group; mg = milligrams; µg = micrograms. Significant differences: * p < 0.05.