. 2020 Mar 10;104(5):1524–1530. doi: 10.1111/jpn.13329

Table 2.

Diet and water intakes, and urine composition in cats (n = 13) fed the four diets differing in sodium chloride content

	Diet A	Diet B	Diet C	Diet D	SE	p value
Sodium (g/1,000 kcal)	0.67	1.68	2.41	3.27
Caloric intake (kcal/BW^0.71)	88	86	86	86	2.4	.83
Water intake (ml/kg/day)	24.5^†	28.8^‡	30.3^‡	36.7^§	1.38	<.001
Urine volume (ml/kg/day)	10.9^†	13.7^‡	15.5^‡	19.6^§	0.69	<.001
Urine specific gravity	1.067^†	1.063^†‡	1.061^‡	1.051^§	0.002	<.001
Urine pH	6.36^†	6.51^†	6.39^†	6.27^‡	0.05	<.001
CaOx RSS	3.39^†	2.80^‡	2.41^‡	1.64^§	0.25	<.001
MAP RSS	0.81^†	0.83^†	0.41^‡	0.16^§	‐	<.001
Urinary concentrations
Calcium (mmol/L)	0.66^†	0.58^†	0.48^‡	0.41^‡	0.03	<.001
Magnesium (mmol/L)	3.53^†	3.30^†‡	2.97^‡	2.38^§	0.14	<.001
Sodium (mmol/L)	139^†	279^‡	359^§	375^§	8.3	<.001
Potassium (mmol/L)	270^†	225^‡	177^§	159^¶	6.0	<.001
Ammonium (mmol/L)	229^†	196^‡§	184^§	136^¶	5.1	<.001
Phosphate (mmol/L)	63^†	54^‡	48^‡	36^§	1.4	<.001
Sulphate (mmol/L)	113^†	95^‡	87^‡	69^§	2.7	<.001
Oxalate (mmol/L)	1.99^†	1.67^†‡	1.55^‡	1.02^§	0.07	<.001
Citrate (mmol/L)	1.33^†	0.96^†‡	0.64^‡	0.59^‡	0.14	<.001
Urate (mmol/L)	0.96^†	0.88^†‡	0.79^‡	0.56^‡	0.03	<.001
Urinary excretions
Calcium (µmol/kg/24 hr)	7.08	7.85	7.15	7.92	0.86	.25

Data are presented as Least Square Means except for MAP RSS for which medians are indicated. Two different symbols within a row indicate significant difference (Scheffe test, p < .05).