. 2021 Apr 22;8:667318. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.667318

Table 5.

Mineral profile (mmol/L) of dogs in function of diets and comparison of each diet to control one.

	Diets					CTR vs.
Items	CTR	GF1	GF2	CB	RMSE	GF1	GF2	CB
Na	147	147	146	146	2.40	NS	NS	NS
K	4.92^A	4.55^B	4.41^B	4.59^B	0.40	^*	^***	^*
Ca	2.43	2.45	2.44	2.44	0.14	NS	NS	NS
Cl	111	111	110	111	2.71	NS	NS	NS
P	1.33^A	1.37^A	1.24^AB	1.18^B	0.18	NS	NS	^*
Mg	0.90^A	0.81^B	0.80^B	0.82^B	0.08	^***	^***	^**

CTR, control diet; GF1, grain-free diet 1; GF2, grain-free diet 2; CB, cereal based diet; Na, Sodium; K, Potassium; Ca, Calcium; Cl, Chloride; P, Phosphorus; Mg, Magnesium; along the rows the capital letters indicate differences to p < 0.01 and p < 0.001; NS, not significant, ^*, ^**, ^***, p < 0.05, p < 0.01, p < 0.001, respectively; RMSE, root mean square error.