Table 3 High dietary salt intake decreases heterogenity of bones.

From: High dietary salt intake correlates with modulated Th17-Treg cell balance resulting in enhanced bone loss and impaired bone-microarchitecture in male mice

 

Mineral/ matrix ratio (m/m)

Crystallinity (XST)

Carbonate/ phosphate ratio (c/p)

Compositional changes in cortical bones

Normal

2.77 ± 0.2

1.12 ± 0.07

1.31 ± 0.11

LSD

2.55 ± 0.05

1.01 ± 0.06

1.18 ± 0.03

HSD

2.98 ± 0.5*

1.15 ± 0.12*

1.34 ± 0.02*

  1. Tabular representation of compositional changes in bones as detected by FTIR for bone mineral/ organic matrix ratio (m/m), crystallininty (XST) and carbonate to phosphate ratio (c/p) of normal, low salt diet (LSD) and high salt diet groups (HSD). The results were evaluated by using ANOVA with subsequent comparisons by Student t test for paired or nonpaired data, as appropriate. Analysis was performed using Sigma plot software (Systat Software, Inc., Germany). Values are reported as mean ± SEM (n = 10) and similar results were obtained in three independent experiments. Statistical significance was defined as p ≤ 0.05 (*p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01) with respect to low salt diet group.
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