Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients

Characteristic	ICO	GLU	P
Number of patients	21	20	–
Men:women	14:7	13:7	0.91
Age (years)	55.90 ± 11.16	56.50 ± 9.86	0.86
Body weight (kg)	67.46 ± 11.55	63.02 ± 9.86	0.19
Systolic BP (mmHg)	156.95 ± 21.36	147.60 ± 25.78	0.21
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	82.67 ± 13.67	82.80 ± 13.38	0.97
CTR (%)	53.26 ± 6.67	50.33 ± 4.34	0.11
Urine volume (ml/day)	1169.42 ± 451.85	1039.35 ± 472.54	0.34
ANP (pg/ml)	74.58 ± 44.19	66.72 ± 50.91	0.61
Renal creatinine clearance (ml/min)	7.04 ± 3.05	8.52 ± 5.17	0.31
D/P creatinine	0.66 ± 0.13	0.62 ± 0.13	0.30
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dl)	62.89 ± 16.83	66.41 ± 20.28	0.55
Creatinine (mg/dl)	8.13 ± 1.86	7.64 ± 1.84	0.40
Albumin (g/dl)	3.14 ± 0.49	3.03 ± 0.73	0.58
Hemoglobin A1c (%)	5.72 ± 0.75	5.67 ± 1.07	0.87
Glycoalbumin (%)	18.64 ± 4.72	17.20 ± 4.57	0.33
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	181.90 ± 45.28	189.35 ± 56.59	0.64
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	112.39 ± 33.95	108.99 ± 42.27	0.79
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	40.33 ± 14.40	46.46 ± 14.64	0.20