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. 2018 Nov 7;40(1):640–648. doi: 10.1080/0886022X.2018.1533867

Table 2.

The effect of inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system on clinical data including body weight (BW), albumin concentration, urinary albumin excretion rate (UAER), and renin plasma concentration data are shown as mean ± SD.

Groups Vehicle Healthy ctrls Enalapril Enalapril Losartan Losartan
  N = 10 N = 10 15mg/kg N = 10 30mg/kg N = 10 15mg/kg N = 10 30mg/kg N = 10
Bodyweight (g) Start Start Start Start Start Start
31.2 ± 2.4 31.3 ± 1.8 31.3 ± 2.3 30.8 ± 1.4 30.2 ± 1.4 31.3 ± 0.9
End End End End End End
33.1 ± 2.7 34.3 ± 2.9 33.5 ± 2.6 32.5 ± 2.2 32.9 ± 1.7 33.7 ± 1.7
Albumin (mg/ml) Day 7–8 Day 7–8**** Day 7–8*** Day 7–8**** Day 7–8* Day 7–8****
30.3 ± 10.4 0.04 ± 0.03 11.8 ± 8.8 8.9 ± 8.8 18.2 ± 9.8 9.9 ± 5.5
Day 36–37 Day 36–37**** Day 36–37**** Day 36–37**** Day 36–37 Day 36–37****
6.6 ± 3.6 0.02 ± 0.02 1.1 ± 1.0 1.0 ± 1.4 3.9 ± 3.4 0.8 ± 0.6
Urinary albumin excretion rate (mg/24hrs) Day 7–8 Day 7–8**** Day 7–8**** Day 7–8**** Day 7–8** Day 7–8****
75.0 ± 28.6 0.04 ± 0.02 19.9 ± 18.1 12.6 ± 15.3 38.0 ± 22.7 19.1 ± 15.0
Day 36–37 Day 36–37**** Day 36–37**** Day 36–37**** Day 36–37*** Day 36–37****
23.1 ± 16.4 0.04 ± 0.04 2.1 ± 1.8 1.0 ± 11.4 6.4 ± 7.9 1.8 ± 2.9
Albumin creatinine ratio (mg/mmol) Day 36–37 Day 36–37***   Day 36-37***   Day 36–37***
4437 ± 2797 320.1 ± 120.3 312.3 ± 469.5 544.6 ± 302.2
Renin (pg/ml) Day 13 Day 13 Day 13**** Day 13**** Day 13 Day 13*
23296 ± 6579 15793 ± 3132 59849 ± 14187 62956 ± 20631 42021 ± 11893 43144 ± 9421
Day 42 Day 42 Day 42**** Day 42**** Day 42 Day 42
20972 ± 9578 19283 ± 47686 217021 ± 55210 297891 ± 130809 73480 ± 77856 114541 ± 72979