Table 4.

Biochemical parameters of the treatment and control groups

	Allopurinol group		Control group
	baseline	last follow-up	baseline	last follow-up
Upro/creat, mg/g	959.9 ± 1,046.3	1,219.3 ± 1,063.6	835.9 ± 599.7	1,170.4 ± 951.9
eGFR, mg/dl	69.5 ± 26.5	73.2 ± 34.8	63.6 ± 27.5	68.9 ± 36.6
UA, mg/dl	7.9 ± 1.1	5.7 ± 0.7*, #	7.8 ± 1.1	7.4 ± 1.5**
TG, mmol/l	1.7 ± 1.4	1.5 ± 0.8	1.6 ± 0.9	1.7 ± 0.8
TC, mmol/l	4.8 ± 0.9	4.6 ± 0.8	5.3 ± 1.3	5.2 ± 1.2
HDL, mmol/l	1.2 ± 0.3	1.2 ± 0.2	1.3 ± 0.4	1.3 ± 0.3
LDL, mmol/l	3.1 ± 1.0	2.9 ± 0.8	3.2 ± 1.1	3.3 ± 1.4

Compared with the baseline: ^* p < 0.001; ^** p = 0.03.

Compared with the control group at the end of the study: ^# p < 0.001.