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

Table 4.

Biochemical indices of rats fed high-salt diets for 15 weeks.

	CON	RS4	SS4	RS8	SS8
Plasma
Renin (mg/dL)	4.11 ± 1.13^b	0.87 ± 0.15^a	0.86 ± 0.33^a	1.94 ± 0.45^a	1.30 ± 0.26^a
Aldosterone (pg/mL)	76.78 ± 31.52	21.74 ± 8.83^a	16.15 ± 4.71^a	24.58 ± 3.17^a	16.33 ± 3.89^a
Serum
Na (mEq/L)	146.29 ± 0.94^a	148.33 ± 0.62^a	149.33 ± 0.61^b	149.92 ± 0.83^b	148.64 ± 0.70^b
Cl (mEq/L)	101.14 ± 0.51^abc	101.75 ± 0.37^bc	102.50 ± 0.56^c	100.83 ± 0.51^ab	100.00 ± 0.60^a
K (mEq/L)	5.97 ± 0.19^a	6.75 ± 0.22^b	6.73 ± 0.23^b	6.61 ± 0.25^ab	6.47 ± 0.24^ab
Ca (mg/dL)	9.76 ± 0.11^a	10.33 ± 0.13^b	10.25 ± 0.10^b	10.23 ± 0.12^b	10.44 ± 0.12^b
Mg (mg/dL)	2.41 ± 0.10^ab	2.29 ± 0.03^a	2.44 ± 0.07^ab	2.35 ± 0.06^ab	2.53 ± 0.06^b
Osmolality (mOsm/kg)	308.43 ± 5.65^ab	306.33 ± 5.85^a	307.83 ± 3.66^a	313.27 ± 4.63^bc	315.25 ± 7.42^c
Urine
Aldosterone (pg/mL)	51.17 ± 4.75^a	49.47 ± 2.36^a	57.34 ± 3.01^a	77.21 ± 3.91^b	61.94 ± 6.58^a
Na (mEq/L)	45.20 ± 6.41^a	191.33 ± 19.59^c	123.83 ± 13.78^b	258.18 ± 22.40^d	196.55 ± 22.55^c
Cl (mEq/L)	66.80 ± 12.56^a	202.17 ± 19.84^c	129.17 ± 13.79^b	276.73 ± 23.28^d	232.36 ± 30.27^cd
K (mEq/L)	78.47 ± 12.95^b	49.51 ± 4.32^a	57.83 ± 8.65^ab	43.33 ± 8.68^a	44.37 ± 5.21^a
Ca (mg/dL)	9.78 ± 1.56^a	25.77 ± 2.80^c	17.23 ± 1.68^b	20.17 ± 2.48^bc	22.03 ± 2.18^bc
Mg (mg/dL)	22.16 ± 4.44^a	32.42 ± 4.37^ab	32.77 ± 4.74^ab	25.91 ± 5.71^ab	38.27 ± 3.84^b
Creatinine (mg/dL)	101.38 ± 21.06^ab	97.81 ± 15.19^ab	144.49 ± 21.22^b	49.57 ± 9.94^a	109.54 ± 20.04^b
Osmolality (mOsm/kg)	931.50 ± 156.09	1022.67 ± 83.37	1140.17 ± 123.55	925.00 ± 130.61	1085.00 ± 111.24

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.