Potassium has long been known to be almost completely confined to the intracellular compartment, and the neutral fat present in muscle has been shown to have a low chloride content (1). It seemed probable, therefore, that the error associated with predictions of total exchangeable electrolyte from total body weight would diminish if the variable of depot fat was eliminated by the use of lean bo...

A study of the effect of additional oral potassium on the low body potassium of seven patients with severe valvular heart disease showed that the potassium supplements were retained. After one month's treatment the exchangeable potassium was significantly increased, but the predicted value was not reached in any of the patients. There was no significant change in plasma potassium. These results...

Canonical correlation analysis was applied to the study of interrelationships between two multivariate datasets, one consisting of available and exchangeable potassium content, and second consisting of pH, hydrolytic acidity, and content of exchangeable aluminum, calcium and magnesium, available phosphorus, and total nitrogen. An attempt has been made to provide an overall pattern of interrelat...