Table 2.
Concentrations of Blood Analytes (mean ± SD)
| Serum Analyte | Baseline, 0 m |
6 m | 12 m | P-value, paired t-test, 0–6 m |
P-value, paired t-test, 0–12 m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creatinine, mg/dL | 0.8 ± 0.19 | 0.8 ± 0.14 | 0.7 ± 0.10 | 0.583 | 0.212 |
| BUN, mg/dL | 16.8 ± 4.12 | 15.1 ± 7.25 | 16.1 ± 4.93 | 0.496 | 0.684 |
| Total calcium, mg/dL | 9.4 ± 0.35 | 9.5 ± 0.33 | 9.3 ± 0.27 | 1.0 | 0.386 |
| Ionized serum calcium, mg/dl | 4.9 ± 0.13 | 5.0 ± 0.17 | 5.0 ± 0.15 | 0.179 | 0.098 |
| Phosphorus, mg/dL | 3.8 ± 0.65 | 3.8 ± 0.43 | 4.2 ± 0.39 | 0.766 | 0.051 |
| Uric acid, mg/dL | 5.6 ± 1.05 | 4.6 ± 1.11 | 4.2 ± 0.71 | 0.100 | 0.004 |
| Magnesium, mg/dL | 2.2 ± 0.16 | 2.2 ± 0.31 | 2.1 ± 0.09 | 0.751 | 0.085 |
| Total cholesterol, mg/dL | 188.4 ± 30.5 | 163.3 ± 29.7 | 154.8 ± 37.4 | 0.008 | 0.0107 |
| Triglycerides, mg/dL | 162.1 ± 82.7 | 130.0 ± 55.3 | 83.3 ± 27.7 | 0.245 | 0.004 |
| LDL cholesterol, mg/dL | 108.5 ± 34.5 | 90.8 ± 28.6 | 84.8 ± 26.1 | 0.051 | 0.02 |
| Plasma oxalate, µmoles/L | 1.2 ± 0.36 | 2.2 ± 1.26 | 1.9 ± 0.84 | 0.018 | 0.016 |