Table 1.

Baseline data of sham-operated and uremic rats

	Sham-Operated Rats	Uremic Rats
		Nx-Vehicle	Nx-Celecoxib
Diet	Phosphate 0.8%	Phosphate 1.2%	Phosphate 1.2%
Number of rats	20	17	18
Body weight (gram)	645 ± 30.20	486 ± 19.60a	540 ± 20.70a
Serum creatinine (mg/dl)	0.50 ± 0.04	1.27 ± 0.16a	1.08 ± 0.14a
BUN (mg/dl)	27.13 ± 0.81	77.28 ± 10.08a	66.33 ± 10.50a
Serum calcium (mg/dl)	9.50 ± 0.32	10.14 ± 0.24	9.94 ± 0.28
Serum phosphorus (mg/dl)	7.37 ± 0.50	8.73 ± 0.81a	7.80 ± 0.77a
Intact PTH (pg/ml)	22.65 ± 2.63	124.39 ± 8.38b	88.20 ± 4.21d,b

Data are mean ± SEM.

^aP < 0.05 versus sham group;

^dP < 0.05 versus Nx + vehicle group;

^bP < 0.01 versus sham group.