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Table 4 Concentrations (μg/kg) of strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), chromium (Cr), antimony (Sb), selenium (Se) and lead (Pb) in the liver and kidneys of cats without (w/o) or with a chronic kidney disease (CKD) (w/o: n = 25; CKD: n = 22)

From: Liver and kidney concentrations of strontium, barium, cadmium, copper, zinc, manganese, chromium, antimony, selenium and lead in cats

 

Liver

Cortex of the kidney

Renal medulla

 

w/o

CKD

w/o

CKD

w/o

CKD

Sr

71.9 (0.00-2699)

74.9 (4.33-164)

129 (0.00-1027)

118 (11.3-512)

84.0 (0.00-926)

130 (28.8-625)

Ba

192 (0.00-1659)

95.7 (0.00-248)

210 (0.00-2628)

149 (0.00-471)

205 (0.00-1049)a

80.8 (0.00-251)b

Cd

126 (7.30-503)a

163 (50.4-803)b

125 (4.13-2920)a

251 (80.0-872)b

99.3 (2.74-1349)

103 (42.9-525)

Cu

18009 (3750-98689)

25214 (2701-91443)

2746 (1119-15656)

2618 (1255-5651)

1923 (485-5939)

1941 (1093-2761)

Zn

27610 (14353-89115)

29018 (8825-48039)

14376 (5872-33896)a

11355 (5839-35290)b

10486 (4911-18405)a

8036 (3778-15712)b

Mn

3472 (1311-13098)a

2662 (1403-5060)b

1126 (738-2592)

1024 (502-1654)

735 (348-1692)a

624 (233-916)b

Cr

214 (9.36-368)

213 (31.5-354)

170 (10.7-384)

195 (32.4-339)

168 (16.0-441)

153 (13.9-368)

Sb

132 (0.00-194)

127 (0.00-216)

128 (0.00-236)

121 (0.00-186)

134 (0.00-377)

121 (0.00-217)

Se

396 (73.3-1792)

402 (174-1421)

900 (68.4-3429)

803 (321-2422)

634 (90.1-3429)

463 (223-1844)

Pb

86.6 (0.82-442)

86.6 (1.51-337)

93.5 (0.39-289)

86.9 (1.31-267)

95.3 (0.00-335)

82.1 (1.83-270)

  1. Median (Minimum-Maximum).
  2. Group comparisons were separately calculated for each element and each tissue. Differences (P < 0.05) within a row are marked with different superscript letters.