Table 4 Age, anthropometric, blood and urine characteristics of the 24-hr MTBers (n = 50)

Age (yrs.)

38.4 ± 9.8

Body mass (kg)

78.8 ± 7.7

77.1 ± 8.0

−1.6 ± 1.5**

−2.0 ± 2.1**

<0.01

Plasma sodium (mmol/L)

138.0 ± 1.6

137.0 ± 2.6

−1.0 ± 2.8*

−0.7 ± 2.0*

<0.05

Plasma potassium(mmol/L)

5.5 ± 1.0

5.0 ± 1.1

−0.5 ± 1.3*

−7.4 ± 23.2*

<0.05

Plasma creatinine (mg/dL)

0.9 ± 0.1

1.2 ± 0.2

0.3 ± 0.2**

32.7 ± 21.8**

<0.01

Plasma creatine kinase (U/L)

207.5 ± 92.3

1316.3 ± 1111.9

1108.9 ± 1099.1**

590.9 ± 560.4**

<0.01

Plasma creatine clearance (ml/min)

10657.2 ± 1614.2

9623.2 ± 1837.4

−1034.1 ± 1121.0*

−9.8 ± 11.7*

<0.05

Urine creatinine (mmol/L)

7.9 ± 3.7

18.4 ± 5.7

10.5 ± 6.5**

212.3 ± 236.4**

<0.01

Age (yrs.)

37.7 ± 7.4

Body mass (kg)

62.1 ± 5.1

60.0 ± 5.4

−1.9 ± 3.1*

−2.7 ± 5.1*

<0.05

Plasma sodium (mmol/L)

137.5 ± 2.5

136.6 ± 2.0

−0.9 ± 3.0

−0.6 ± 2.2

0.31

Plasma potassium(mmol/L)

5.1 ± 0.8

4.7 ± 0.6

−0.5 ± 0.7*

−8.2 ± 12.0*

<0.05

Plasma creatinine (mg/dL)

0.9 ± 0.1

1.0 ± 0.1

0.1 ± 0.2

13.4 ± 20.0

0.05

Plasma creatine kinase (U/L)

148.7 ± 75.7

568.9 ± 293.4

420.2 ± 285.3**

349.9 ± 343.7**

<0.01

Plasma creatine clearance (ml/min)

9365.7 ± 1579.9

8228.8 ± 2228.7

−13.0 ± 17.3

−12.5 ± 15.7

0.05

Urine creatinine (mmol/L)

5.4 ± 2.4

15.7 ± 4.9

10.3 ± 4.4**

252.4 ± 207.8**

<0.01