The effect of potassium supplements on total-body-potassium levels in the elderly.
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.
D000368:Aged; D001823:Body Composition / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011188:Potassium / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000032:analysis* / Q000652:urine; D011197:Potassium Radioisotopes
D011197:Potassium Radioisotopes; D011188:Potassium