. 2003 May 15;23(10):4261–4269. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-10-04261.2003

Table 1.

Effect of 72 hr of 2% hypertonic saline ingestion (Hyper-) and induced hypo-osmolality (Hypo-) on mean ± SEM body weight, plasma osmolality, hematocrit, and plasma hormone concentrations

	Hyper- (n = 6)	Iso- (n = 6)	Hypo- (n = 6)
Body weight (g)
Day 1	290.1 ± 7.1	282.6 ± 4.2	278.6 ± 4.9
Day 4	313.4 ± 8.4	297.5 ± 9.1	286.8 ± 5.5
Day 4 + 72 hr	296.5 ± 10.4	317.2 ± 13.6	295.2 ± 7.3
Plasma osmolality (mOsm/kg H₂O)	312.8 ± 6.4 ^*	295.5 ± 0.8 ^*	219.0 ± 4.7 ^*
Hematocrit (%)	45.1 ± 1.1 ^**	41.2 ± 0.5 ^**	42.9 ± 0.9
Plasma VP (pg/ml)	4.2 ± 1.2	U.D.	N/A
Plasma OT (pg/ml)	25.5 ± 2.3 ^***	15.7 ± 0.7	17.1 ± 1.9
Plasma T (ng/ml)	0.5 ± 0.1	3.3 ± 0.6 ^***	0.3 ± 0.1
Plasma E₂ (pg/ml)	5.0 ± 0.4	3.5 ± 0.6	2.9 ± 0.7

N/A, Data not available because of dDAVP cross-reactivity in the VP RIA; U.D., undetectable (detection limit, 1.0 pg/ml).

^{^*}

p <0.05 from each other

^{^**}

p <0.05 versus each other

^{^***}

p <0.05 versus the other two groups.