TABLE 3.
Exact and relative difference in sodium intake (mEq/min), plasma sodium (mEq/l), mean arterial pressure (MAP, mmHg), heart rate (HR, beats/min), plasma renin activity (PRA, fmol/ml/min) and plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC, pg/ml) between high (day 6) and low (day 11) salt diets.
| Model state | Sodium intake | Plasma sodium | MAP | HR | PRA | PAC |
| Normal state | −0.23264 (−95.71%) | −2.4 (−1.66%) | −16.1 (−16.66%) | 41.4 (66.06%) | 4.8 (19.65%) | 6.8 (6.61%) |
| Uncomplicated hypertension | −0.23264 (−95.71%) | −4.1 (−2.84%) | −29.1 (−22.49%) | 51.9 (78.89%) | 6.9 (22.17%) | 17.8 (7.12%) |
| Diastolic heart failure | −0.23264 (−95.71%) | −4.8 (−3.27%) | −23.0 (−27.69%) | 41.6 (72.09%) | 3.8 (13.82%) | 12.3 (4.67%) |
| Hypertension and diastolic heart failure | −0.23264 (−95.71%) | −3.3 (−2.29%) | −26.6 (−25.73%) | 60.1 (117.23%) | 8.2 (31.19%) | 27.0 (9.99%) |
| Hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy | −0.23264 (−95.71%) | −4.4 (−3.08%) | −28.3 (−26.57%) | 51.5 (95.97%) | 5.6 (17.99%) | 5.9 (5.86%) |
| Pulmonary hypertension and left heart disease | −0.23264 (−95.71%) | −5.3 (−3.80%) | −21.1 (−25.39%) | 47.7 (69.11%) | 2.1 (7.71%) | 2.4 (2.66%) |