Table 3.

Analysis of plasma collected under basal and dehydration conditions at 19 months of age.

			Male		Female		Statistics
			Control	PC:EtOH	Control	PC:EtOH
Plasma	Basal	Plasma Na+ (mmol/L)	131.7 ± 3.9	130.3 ± 4.6	135.8 ± 8.7	132.6 ± 2.1	P(Trt) = NS
							P(Sex) = NS
							P(Int) = NS
		Plasma K+ (mmol/L)	4.8 ± 0.2	4.9 ± 0.2	4.7 ± 0.2	4.6 ± 0.2	P(Trt) = NS
							P(Sex) = NS
							P(Int) = NS
		Plasma Cl‐ (mmol/L)	83.9 ± 2.6	83.0 ± 3.3	87.0 ± 4.9	82.4 ± 1.8	P(Trt) = NS
							P(Sex) = NS
							P(Int) = NS
		OSM (mOsm/kg H20)	261.8 ± 8.2	258.3 ± 9.4	280.8 ± 3.0	276.0 ± 4.8	P(Trt) = NS
							P(Sex) < 0.05
							P(Int) = NS
	Dehydration	Plasma Na+ (mmol/L)	144.3 ± 8.2	146.2 ± 2.7	148.7 ± 2.1	150.4 ± 3.0	P(Trt) = NS
							P(Sex) = NS
							P(Int) = NS
		Plasma K+ (mmol/L)	5.5 ± 0.3	10.6 ± 4.4	5.7 ± 0.5	5.7 ± 1.0	P(Trt) = NS
							P(Sex) = NS
							P(Int) = NS
		Plasma Cl‐ (mmol/L)	93.7 ± 5.5	93.7 ± 2.4	94.4 ± 1.5	95.6 ± 2.2	P(Trt) = NS
							P(Sex) = NS
							P(Int) = NS
		OSM (mOsm/kg H20)	284.1 ± 6.6	282.6 ± 6.2	298.7 ± 4.3	298.5 ± 3.1	P(Trt) = NS
							P(Sex)<0.01
							P(Int) = NS

Data represented are mean ± SEM and n = 6–9 per group. Data analysed by two‐way ANOVA with Bonferroni post‐hoc test. NS = not significant.