Table 3 |
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Urinary Sodium and Potassium Concentrations (mEq/L) of the Study Population |
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No vegetable juice (n = 24) |
8 fluid ounce group (n = 23) |
16 fluid ounce group (n = 26) |
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Urinary Potassium Concentration--0 weeks |
21.6 ± 8.1 |
27.6 ± 15.8 |
30.2 ± 11.1* |
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Urinary Sodium Concentration--0 weeks |
47.9 ± 21.1 |
62.8 ± 33.5 |
71.0 ± 24.8** |
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Urinary Potassium Concentration--12 weeks |
24.9 ± 10.3 |
28.4 ± 13.0 |
36.2 ± 16.8*** |
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Urinary Sodium Concentration--12 weeks |
58.2 ± 20.8 |
62.4 ± 23.5 |
79.0 ± 27.8**** |
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*Significantly different from no vegetable juice group (p = 0.01); **significantly different from no vegetable juice group (p < 0.01); ***significantly different from no vegetable juice group p < 0.01; ****significantly different from 8 fluid ounce group (p = 0.02), and no vegetable juice group (p < 0.01) Values are means ± SD. |
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Shenoy et al. Nutrition Journal 2010 9:38 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-9-38 |
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