Table 2 High dietary salt intake decreases mineral density 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

 

LV5 (gm HA/cm3)

Femur Trabecular (gm HA/cm3)

Tibia Trabecular (gm HA/cm3)

Femur Cortical (gm HA/cm3)

Tibia Cortical (gm HA/cm3)

BMD of trabecular and cortical bones

Normal

3.21 ± 0.8

4.57 ± 0.08

4.21 ± 0.38

1.32 ± 0.02

1.10 ± 0.12

LSD

3.52 ± 0.10

5.02 ± 0.12

4.89 ± 0.09

1.64 ± 0.26

1.52 ± 0.33

HSD

2.20 ± 0.08**

2.21 ± 0.44**

1.89 ± 0.28**

0.92 ± 0.02*

0.91 ± 0.10**

  1. Tabular representation of BMD of trabecular (LV5, femur and tibia) and cortical (femur and tibia only) bones 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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