Long-Term Ketogenic Diet Induces Metabolic Acidosis, Anemia, and Oxidative Stress in Healthy Wistar Rats

Table 5

The comparison of blood gas profiles of rats receiving standard and ketogenic diets for 60 days.

Blood gas	N	Diet	Mean ± SEM	value
pH	8	Standard	7.52 ± 0.01	0.001
	7	Ketogenic	7.36 ± 0.02
pCO2 (mmHg)	8	Standard	27.63 ± 1.34	1.00
	7	Ketogenic	35.72 ± 5.96
pO2 (mmHg)	8	Standard	107.75 ± 2.93	0.32
	7	Ketogenic	88.14 ± 12.14
HCO3^- (mmol/l)	8	Standard	22.75 ± 0.79	0.48
	7	Ketogenic	19.74 ± 2.54
Base excess (mmol/l)	8	Standard	1.08 ± 0.43	0.04
	7	Ketogenic	0.32 ± 0.11
TCO2 (mmol/l)	8	Standard	23.63 ± 0.84	0.56
	7	Ketogenic	20.86 ± 2.77
SO2 (%)	8	Standard	98.63 ± 0.18	0.20
	7	Ketogenic	90.29 ± 6.18