Table 3

Intestinal absorption

Control Ranitidine Omeprazole p Value5-150
Intestinal absorption
Weight (kg/day)1.54 (0.11 to 1.93)a 1.54 (0.39 to 2.78)a 2.01 (0.82 to 2.98)b 0.009
Sodium (mmol/day)−30 (−174 to 18)15 (−152 to 39)−13 (−114 to 17)0.10
Potassium (mmol/day)42 (19 to 65)50 (30 to 73)38 (36 to 68)0.76
Calcium (mmol/day)−3 (−20 to 10)5 (−6 to 9)4 (−2 to 11)0.44
Magnesium (mmol/day)1 (−1 to 4)−1 (−9 to 2)1 (−1 to 2)0.49
Energy (MJ/day)4.72 (3.06 to 5.29)3.94 (2.55 to 5.98)4.11 (3.41 to 5.43)0.53
Nitrogen (g/day)4.9 (3.4 to 8.1)5.7 (2.1 to 6.6)2.7 (0.1 to 5.6)0.07
Carbohydrate (g/day)116.8 (86.1 to 163.8)114.8 (72.5 to 160.6)137.0 (108.9 to 186.0)0.33
Fatty acids (g/day)17.8 (5.0 to 25.7)13.9 (−3.5 to 25.5)17.4 (11.7 to 30.3)0.23
Saturated FA (g/day)9.9 (3.5 to 15.4)7.5 (−2.0 to 15.1)10.9 (7.2 to 17.4)0.08
Unsaturated FA (g/day)7.4 (1.4 to 9.9)6.5 (−1.5 to 10.4)7.0 (3.6 to 13.1)0.26
Differences in absorption Omeprazole minus ranitidine Ranitidine minus control Omeprazole minus control
Weight (kg/day)0.17 (0.08 to 0.74)a 0.46 (−0.11 to 0.71)a 0.78 (0.09 to 1.42)b 0.03
Sodium (mmol/day)22 (−27 to 63)28 (−10 to 92)17 (9 to 75)0.44
Potassium (mmol/day)0 (−14 to 7)5 (−6 to 13)4 (−9 to 8)0.91
Calcium (mmol/day)−1 (−4 to 3)3 (−2 to 15)2 (−3 to 9)0.32
Magnesium (mmol/day)0 (−1 to 1)−1 (−9 to 1)0 (−3 to 2)0.74
Energy (MJ/day)0.75 (−0.16 to 1.17)−0.36 (−1.06 to 0.59)0.40 (−1.12 to 0.80)0.23
Nitrogen (g/day)0.0 (−4.2 to 0.6)−1.1 (−2.4 to 0.6)−2.7 (−4.8− −1.3)0.36
Carbohydrate (g/day)24.9 (−11.4 to 60.1)−6.5 (−27.2 to 17.3)17.7 (−9.2 to 32.7)0.76
Fatty acids (g/day)5.1 (−4.9 to 19.3)0.4 (−10.1 to 15.4)6.2 (0.8 to 19.5)0.53
Saturated FA (g/day)4.1 (−1.2 to 11.1)0.6 (−7.4 to 8.5)3.1 (1.2 to 11.1)0.44
Unsaturated FA (g/day)1.9 (−2.4 to 11.6)1.2 (−2.8 to 6.9)4.6 (−0.2 to 7.8)0.61
  • Values are median (25 to 75%).

  • abcSignificant difference between study periods, p<0.05.

  • 5-150 Friedman repeated measures analysis of variance on ranks.

  • FA, fatty acids.