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

Table 3.

Diet and water intakes, and urine composition in dogs (n = 8) 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^0.75)	116	120	119	118	‐	.39
Water intake (ml/kg/day)	42.0^†	45.9^†	61.5^‡	63.7^‡	2.9	<.001
Urine volume (ml/kg/day)	19.9^†	27.6^‡	30.8^‡	39^§	2.1	<.001
Urine specific gravity	1.056^†	1.048^‡	1.046^‡	1.038^§	0.002	<.001
Urine pH	6.26^†	6.19^†‡	6.10^†‡	5.98^‡	0.13	.022
CaOx RSS	11.6^†	9.19^†	5.83^‡	6.40^‡	0.80	<.001
MAP RSS	0.81^†	0.32^†‡	0.16^‡	0.06^§	‐	<.001
Urinary concentrations
Calcium (mmol/L)	2.4^†	2.16^†‡	1.76^†‡	1.73^‡	0.24	.015
Magnesium (mmol/L)	5.44^†	4.08^‡	3.85^‡	3.16^§	0.22	<.001
Sodium (mmol/L)	116^†	199^‡	256^§	281^§	11.5	<.001
Potassium (mmol/L)	220^†	160^‡	124^§	115^§	6.7	<.001
Ammonium (mmol/L)	185^†	143^‡	124^‡	96^§	8.9	<.001
Phosphate (mmol/L)	49.8^†	37.3^‡	35.3^‡	25.0^§	2.11	<.001
Sulphate (mmol/L)	118^†	85^‡	79^‡	61^§	4.1	<.001
Oxalate (mmol/L)	1.57^†	1.11^‡	0.8^§	0.73^§	0.08	<.001
Citrate (mmol/L)	0.04^†	0.02^‡	0.03^‡	0.01^§	0.001	<.001
Urate (mmol/L)	1.60^†	1.26^‡	1.07^‡	0.84^§	0.09	<.001
Urinary excretions
Calcium (µmol/kg/24 hr)	47.3^†	57.6^†‡	53.0^†‡	66.9^‡	5.6	.011

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