Table 9.

Electrolyte and hormonal profile at enrolling visit (week -4), week 8 and 12 in VLCKD and HBD group

Parameters		VLCKD	HBD	F, p-value		VLCKD	HBD	F, p-value
Sodium	Week -4	140.32 ± 2.83	140.35 ± 2.62	F = 0.586, 0.448	Week -4	139.80 ± 2.12	140.00 ± 2.56	F = 0.013, p = 0.909
	Week 8	140.29 ± 2.01	139.47 ± 2.23		Week 12	139.44 ± 1.38	139.73 ± 1.87
	Δ	− 0.03 ± 3.61	− 0.88 ± 3.56		Δ	− 0.36 ± 2.69	− 0.27 ± 2.12
Potassium	Week -4	4.68 ± 0.55	4.60 ± 0.43	F = 0.212, p = 0.648	Week -4	4.64 ± 0.55	4.61 ± 0.45	F = 0.212, p = 0.648
	Week 8	4.63 ± 0.59	4.41 ± 0.34		Week 12	4.84 ± 0.63	4.68 ± 0.72
	Δ	− 0.05 ± 0.88	− 0.19 ± 0.52		Δ	0.20 ± 0.88	0.073 ± 0.78
Aldosterone	Week -4	105.45 ± 67.71	93.78 ± 23.64	F = 1.152, 0.289	Week -4	99.07 ± 70.63	103.83 ± 38.52	F = 0.469, p = 0.498
	Week 8	161.50 ± 85.24	124.18 ± 46.67		Week 12	131.49 ± 78.75	115.69 ± 72.63
	Δ	56.04 ± 90.48* p = 0.003	30.40 ± 49.09* p = 0.021		Δ	32.42 ± 94.45	11.86 ± 85.48
Renin	Week -4	8.27 ± 9.34	11.60 ± 19.72	F = 0.008, 0.928	Week -4	7.97 ± 9.68	9.03 ± 9.75	F = 1.059, p = 0.310
	Week 8	7.42 ± 5.00	10.53 ± 14.35		Week 12	12.77 ± 19.71	7.66 ± 6.35
	Δ	− 0.84 ± 8.07	− 1.07 ± 7.94		Δ	4.80 ± 22.58	− 1.37 ± 6.29