THE EFFECT OF POTASSIUM SUPPLEMENTS ON TOTAL-BODY-POTASSIUM LEVELS IN THE ELDERLY
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Age and Ageing
- Vol. 6 (1) , 46-50
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/6.1.46
Abstract
Weight, skinfold thickness, grip strength and the total-body-potassium content were measured in 13 healthy elderly subjects before and after a three-month course of potassium supplements given in a dose of 36 mmol per day. There were no significant changes in the total-body-potassium content or in the ratio of total body potassium to lean-body mass. An increase in the right-hand grip strength may well have been a placebo effect.Keywords
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