Table 3.

Blood test results

Parameter	Week 0	Week 12	Week 24	Week 36	Week 48
spKt/V (mean ± SD)
group A	1.48 ± 0.28	1.43 ± 0.20	1.44 ± 0.26	1.49 ± 0.30	1.56 ± 0.32
group B	1.51 ± 0.33	1.51 ± 0.34	1.50 ± 0.38	1.53 ± 0.34	1.48 ± 0.40
P	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Serum albumin (g/L; mean ± SD)
group A	40.5 ± 3.0	39.1 ± 3.2	40.0 ± 3.3	39.7 ± 4.1	39.6 ± 3.8
group B	40.2 ± 3.2	40.0 ± 3.3	39.6 ± 3.0	39.5 ± 2.6	39.3 ± 3.4
P	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
hs-CRP (mg/L; median [IQR])
group A	3.0 (1.6–9.6)	7.7 (3.0–12.5)	4.6 (1.2–12.5)	5.7 (3.5–12.8)	6.3 (2.8–12.4)
group B	3.3 (0.8–11.5)	4.7 (2.3–10.2)	6.5 (1.2–20.1)	7.4 (2.0–11.2)	3.8 (2.0–13.9)
P	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Fibrinogen (g/L; mean ± SD)
group A	3.73 ± 0.73	3.84 ± 0.97	3.69 ± 0.99	3.91 ± 0.77	3.87 ± 0.85
group B	3.64 ± 0.68	3.56 ± 0.71	3.74 ± 0.70	3.72 ± 0.79	3.55 ± 0.88
P	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
IL-6 (pg/ml; median [IQR])
group A	0.84 (0.23–2.13)	1.32 (0.29–1.91)	1.02 (0.57–1.70)	1.39 (0.88–2.59)	1.58 (0.91–1.96)
group B	0.53 (0.26–1.97)	0.93 (0.39–2.30)	1.36 (0.42–2.61)	1.35 (0.94–2.24)	1.26 (0.74–3.84)
P	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Triglyceride (mmol/L; mean ± SD)
group A	1.8 ± 1.8	1.3 ± 0.6	1.5 ± 0.8	1.4 ± 0.7	1.5 ± 1.2
group B	1.3 ± 0.7	1.3 ± 0.8	1.4 ± 0.7	1.2 ± 0.6	1.2 ± 0.8
P	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L; mean ± SD)
group A	2.2 ± 0.7	2.4 ± 0.8	2.2 ± 0.8	2.2 ± 0.7	2.3 ± 0.6
group B	2.2 ± 0.6	2.2 ± 0.6	2.2 ± 0.8	2.3 ± 0.7	2.1 ± 0.6
P	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L; mean ± SD)
group A	1.3 ± 0.3	1.3 ± 0.4	1.3 ± 0.3	1.4 ± 0.4	1.2 ± 0.3
group B	1.4 ± 0.4	1.4 ± 0.4	1.4 ± 0.4	1.4 ± 0.3	1.4 ± 0.4
P	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Lipoprotein(a) (mg/dl; mean ± SD)
group A	1.3 ± 0.3	1.3 ± 0.4	1.3 ± 0.3	1.4 ± 0.4	1.2 ± 0.3
group B	1.4 ± 0.4	1.4 ± 0.4	1.4 ± 0.4	1.4 ± 0.3	1.4 ± 0.4
P	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS

IQR, interquartile range.