. 2016 Dec 20;61(1):1264713. doi: 10.1080/16546628.2017.1264713

Table 1.

Body weight, feed intake, FER and mineral intakes of rats fed high-salt diets for 15 weeks.

Parameters	CON	RS4	SS4	RS8	SS8
Initial weight (g)	366.80 ± 4.29^a	369.76 ± 4.34^a	369.33 ± 3.58^a	374.16 ± 2.35^ab	384.16 ± 4.69^b
Final weight (g)	458.60 ± 5.54^b	461.1 ± 6.42^b	455.25 ± 5.30^b	427.85 ± 2.92^a	453.93 ± 4.11^b
Weight gain (g)	6.12 ± 0.16^c	6.09 ± 0.23^c	5.73 ± 0.21^c	3.58 ± 0.25^a	4.65 ± 0.20^b
Feed intake (g/day)	20.44 ± 0.23^a	22.49 ± 0.27^b	23.02 ± 0.14^b	23.07 ± 0.09^b	26.31 ± 0.65^c
Feed efficiency ratio (%)	0.29 ± 0.01^c	0.27 ± 0.02^b	0.24 ± 0.01^b	0.13 ± 0.02^a	0.16 ± 0.01^a
Sodium intake (g)	0.04 ± 0.00^a	0.35 ± 0.00^c	0.32 ± 0.00^b	0.72 ± 0.00^d	0.73 ± 0.02^d
Potassium intake (g)	0.122 ± 0.001^a	0.130 ± 0.001^b	0.133 ± 0.000^b	0.127 ± 0.000^ab	0.146 ± 0.003^c
Magnesium intake (g)	0.041 ± 0.000^a	0.043 ± 0.000^b	0.044 ± 0.000^b	0.042 ± 0.000^ab	0.049 ± 0.001^c

Values are presented as mean±SEM. Values with different superscripts within each row are significantly difference at p < 0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.