Table 5.

Slope analyses for serial measurements of outcome parameters

	Linear Regression Slopes			Curvilinear Regression
Endpoint	CON (n = 50)	ALK (n = 50)	p value	p value
Systolic Blood Viscosity	-0.017	-0.026	0.356	0.555
Diastolic Blood Viscosity	-0.071	-0.114	0.261	0.364
Plasma Osmolality	-0.086	-0.087	0.911	0.839
Bioimpedance Analysis
Reactance	0.128	0.140	0.951	0.967
Capacitance	0.048	0.028	0.374	0.830
Impedance	0.064	0.133	0.741	0.828
Phase Angle	0.003	0.002	0.605	0.978
Total Body Water	-0.004	-0.006	0.912	0.969
Intracellular Water	-0.001	-0.003	0.894	0.985
Extracellular Water	-0.014	-0.004	0.944	0.940
Weight	0.008	0.009	0.988	0.995