Table 3.

Blood electrolyte analysis on K⁺‐deficient diet

	SPAK‐KO (n = 9)		DKO (n = 9)
	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	P
Na+ (mmol l–1)	145.7	0.4	146.6	0.4	0.16
K+ (mmol l–1)	3.11	0.09	2.08	0.06	<0.001
Cl− (mmol l–1)	108.0	0.6	102.1	1.3	<0.01
Ca2+ (mmol l–1)	1.28	0.02	1.25	0.03	0.52
Mg2+ (mmol l–1)	3.72	0.54	3.58	0.33	0.83
tCO2 (mmol l–1)	21.8	0.6	27.4	0.9	<0.001
BUN (mg dl–1)	28.4	2.3	26.0	1.8	0.43
Haematocrit (%)	39.9	1.4	37.2	1.0	0.17

Significant P values in bold type.