When these pockets become infected, diverticulitis occurs, a painful and, at times, serious condition. Rural Africans who consume 50 or more grams of fiber a day over a lifetime do not get diverticulosis. Yet, they do when they eat a Western diet with low fiber.
Urinary specific gravity (SG) is a measure of the concentration of solutes in the urine. It measures the ratio of urine density compared with water density and provides information on the kidneyâs ability to concentrate urine.
1 In these diseases, damage to the kidney's tubules affects the ability of the kidney to re-absorb water. 2  As a result, the urine remains dilute. 3  The third reason for low specific gravity is renal failure, which results in a fixed specific gravity between 1.007 and 1.010.he more concentrated the urine, the higher the urine specific gravity. An adult's kidneys have a remarkable ability to concentrate or dilute urine. In infants, the range for specific gravity is less because immature kidneys are not able to concentrate urine as effectively as mature kidneys.