High dietary salt does not significantly affect plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations of Sprague Dawley rats

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Dahl salt-sensitive rat, but not the Dahl salt-resistant rat, develops hypertension and hypovitaminosis D when fed a high salt diet. Since the salt-sensitive rat and salt-resistant rat were bred from the Sprague Dawley rat, the a...

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Main Authors: Bayorh Mohamed A, Emmett Neremiah L, Tewolde Teclemicael K, Thierry-Palmer Myrtle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-12-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/3/332