Potassium Loss with Tissue Potassium Deficiency in Rats during Hypokinesia

The greater tissue K+ deficiency with higher than lower K+ intake shows that the risk of higher tissue K+ deficiency is directly related to K+ intake. The higher K+ loss with higher tissue K+ deficiency and the lower K+ loss with lower K+ tissue deficiency shows that the risk of greater K+ loss is directly related to tissue K+ deficiency. Tissue K+ deficiency increases more when the K+ intake is higher and K+ loss increases more with higher than lower tissue K+ deficiency indicating that, during HK, tissue K+ deficiency is due to the inability of the body to use K+ but not to K+ shortage in the diet.