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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 27.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Sci (Lond). 2019 Dec 20;133(24):2449–2461. doi: 10.1042/CS20190876

Table 1.

Effect of spironolactone on plasma electrolytes.

SSWT (LS LK) SSKcnj16−/− (LS LK) SSKcnj16−/− (LS HK)

Measurement − Drug  (N = 14) + Drug (N = 6) − Drug (N = 12) + Drug (N = 6) − Drug (N = 10) + Drug (N = 6)

K+ (mmol/L) 4.3 ± 0.2 5.2 ± 0.3* 2.6 ± 0.2 2.3 ± 0.3 2.8 ± 0.1 4.0 ± 0.2*
Na+ (mmol/L) 140 ± 1 145 ± 2* 139 ± 1 140 ± 2 142 ± 2 144 ± 1
Ca++ (mmol/L) 1.31 ± 0.04 1.20 ± 0.06 1.29 ± 0.03 0.86 ± 0.11* 1.21 ± 0.07 1.25 ± 0.06
Cl (mmol/L) 106 ± 1 108 ± 2 112 ± 1 110 ± 5 114 ± 1 118 ± 1
pH 7.25 ± 0.03 7.28 ± 0.05 7.11 ± 0.02 6.97 ± 0.05* 7.19 ± 0.03 7.12 ± 0.02
ctHb (g/dL) 16.8 ± 0.5 15.9 ± 0.9 16.3 ± 0.5 16.3 ± 0.8 11.4 ± 0.5 14.6 ± 0.3*
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.34 ± 0.07 0.37 ± 0.11 0.35 ± 0.08 1.74 ± 0.11* --- 0.37 ± 0.04