Fig. 3

a Calcium content (mg/g of tissue) in the stomachs of rats from the four experimental groups. b Representative von Kossa stained gastric tissue sections from the same rats where mineral deposits are depicted by the brown pigment. Nx-NF = uremic rats treated with calcitriol (80 ng/kg ip eod) fed normal fat diet with 0.9% phosphorus (n = 8), Nx-NF-VitE = uremic rats treated with calcitriol (80 ng/kg ip eod) fed normal fat diet with 0.9% phosphorus and supplemented with vitamin E, 30,000 mg/kg (n = 8), Nx-HF = uremic rats treated with calcitriol (80 ng/kg ip eod) fed a high fat diet with 0.9% phosphorus (n = 8), Nx-HF-VitE = uremic rats treated with calcitriol (80 ng/kg ip eod) fed high fat diet with 0.9% phosphorus and supplemented with vitamin E, 30,000 mg/kg (n = 8). a p < 0.05 vs Nx-NF, b p < 0.05 vs Nx-HF