Table 4.

Mean, median, 25% and 75% percentile for BW and BCS, hematocrit, serum creatinine, BUN, phosphate, blood pH, bicarbonate, and UPC ratio, for group A at time of randomization (T0) and after 4–8 weeks (T1) of treatment. Difference between values at different examinations are depicted by P-value (statistically significant P < 0.05).

	T0	T1	P value (T0 Versus T1)
BW (kg)
mean	18.2	24.4	0.66
median	14.4	27.9
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(8.5; 29.0)	(18.1; 31.9)
BSC (1–5)
mean	2.8	3.2	1.00
median	3.0	3.0
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(3.0; 3.0)	(3.0; 4.0)
Serum Creatinine (mg/dL)
mean	5.7	4.2	0.77
median	3.1	2.0
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(1.9; 10.5)	(1.5; 5.8)
BUN (mg/dL)
mean	97.1	77.0
median	69.0	32.8	0.54
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(32.2; 204.0)	(18.9; 121.6)
Phosphorus (mg/dL)
mean	8.9	6.6
median	7.2	5.5	0.97
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(5.4; 11.0)	(4.7; 7.8)
Blood pH
mean	7.30	7.32
median	7.30	7.30	0.65
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(7.25; 7.40)	(7.30; 7.35)
HCO3− (mEq/L)
mean	18.9	20.2
median	19.1	19.5	0.43
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(16.0; 23.4)	(16.3; 24.4)
Hct (%)
mean	30.7	38.7
median	34.0	40.0	0.40
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(24.6; 39.0)	(28.8; 45.3)
UPC ratio
mean	2.90	1.39
median	0.68	0.55	0.54
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(0.24; 1.60)	(0.26; 0.70)