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Table 7 Relative changes from baseline in UNa, FENa, and u-ENaCβ-CR in response to a hypertonic saline infusion (3%, 7 ml kg-1) in 21 patients with essential hypertension and 20 normotensive controls during HS and LS intake

From: Abnormal increase in urinary aquaporin-2 excretion in response to hypertonic saline in essential hypertension

  

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PGLM RM

ΔU Na (%)

HS

Patients

87.4 (49.5; 125.4)§

112.4 (72.0; 152.8)*§

64.6 (41.4; 87.7)§

P = 0.122

 

Controls

48.2 (7.8; 88.6)§

54.6 (18.4; 90.8)§

44.0 (20.2; 67.9)§

 

LS

Patients

388.9 (108.6; 669.2)

475.2 (133.8; 816.6)

513.7 (145.9; 881.5)

P = 0.363

 

Controls

241.3 (92.9; 389.7)

306.8 (109.3; 504.3)

379.0 (168.4; 589.5)

 

ΔFE Na (%)

HS

Patients

96.6 (63.2; 130.1)§

107.4 (72.8; 142.1)*§

75.8 (56.2; 95.4)§

P = 0.047

 

Controls

50.6 (14.0; 87.1)§

54.1 (21.0; 87.3)§

46.2 (20.6; 71.7)§

 

LS

Patients

379.9 (145.4; 614.4)

442.9 (142.6; 743.2)

486.0 (166.5; 805.5)

P = 0.323

 

Controls

238.7 (106.8; 370.6)

286.5 (120.0; 453.0)

365.3 (157.5; 573.1)

 

Δu-ENaC β-CR (%)

HS

Patients

-5.2 (-15.7; 5.2)

-4.1 (-12.7; 3.8)

-3.5 (-12.0; 5.1)

P = 0.311

 

Controls

-1.7 (-9.6; 6.1)

8.3 (-7.6; 23.9)

-1.8 (-10.8; 7.2)

 

LS

Patients

5.2 (-5.7; 16.2)

13.9 (5.0; 22.7)

7.9 (-0.2; 16.0)

P = 0.525

 

Controls

-1.5 (-16.3; 13.2)

8.1 (-12.3; 28.5)

7.0 (-7.3; 21.3)

 
  1. UNa, urinary sodium excretion rate; FENa, fractional sodium excretion; u-ENaCβ-CR, urinary ENaCβ excretion corrected for creatinine. Values are means (95% confidence intervals). PGLM RM: HS compared with LS, GLM Repeated Measures with time as within-subject factor and blood pressure as between-subject factor. * P < 0.05, patients vs. controls, Students t-test. § P < 0.05, HS compared with LS, paired samples t-test