Research Article

Low-Salt Intake during Mating or Gestation in Rats Is Associated with Low Birth and Survival Rates of Babies

Table 3

Body weights of pups during lactation.

Day 2Day 9Day 16Day 23Day 30

LS-male
HS-male

LS-female
HS-female

LS: offspring of Dahl S rats fed a low-salt diet during the pregnancy period; HS: offspring of Dahl S rats fed a high-salt diet during the pregnancy period. The differences were assessed by ANOVA and followed by post hoc analysis. and versus offspring of mothers fed the high-salt diet.