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Table 2 Water, food,electrolyte intake and electrolyte excretion in sham and BDL animals

From: Activation of RAAS in a rat model of liver cirrhosis: no effect of losartan on renal sodium excretion

 

Unit

 

Sham +

placebo

Sham +

losartan

BDL + placebo

BDL + losartan

Water intake

ml/100 g BW*24 h

Week 6

9.8 ± 0.2

9.9 ± 0.1

9.7 ± 0.3

9.9 ± 0.5

Week 7

9.7 ± 0.2

9.9 ± 0.2

9.2 ± 0.3

10.6 ± 0.6

Food intake

μg/100 g BW*24 h

Week 6

21.4 ± 0.3†††

21.6 ± 0.4†††

16.8 ± 0.6

17.4 ± 0.5

Week 7

20.8 ± 0.3†††

21.1 ± 0.3†††

15.3 ± 0.4

15.7 ± 0.5

Sodium intake

μmolNa/100 g BW*24 h

Week 6

586 ± 9†††

580 ± 9†††

483 ± 17

504 ± 12

Week 7

554 ± 9†††

553 ± 7†††

430 ± 11

459 ± 10

Potassium intake

μmolK/100 g BW*24 h

Week 6

1697 ± 25†††

1679 ± 27†††

1398 ± 49

1460 ± 35

Week 7

1604 ± 27†††

1599 ± 21†††

1243 ± 32

1327 ± 46

Diureses

ml/100 g BW*24 h

Week 6

5.0 ± 0.1

5.1 ± 0.1

5.8 ± 0.2

5.8 ± 0.4

Week 7

5.2 ± 0.2

5.3 ± 0.2

5.7 ± 0.3

6.8 ± 0.5

Osmolality

mOsm/kg

Week 6

1.50 ± 0.03

1.52 ± 0.04

1.36 ± 0.06

1.42 ± 0.06

Week 7

1.39 ± 0.04†††

1.41 ± 0.04†††

1.21 ± 0.06

1.08 ± 0.05

  1. Values given as mean ± sem, ††p < 0.01 Sham vs. BDL, †††p < 0.001: Sham vs. BDL