Figure 5.

Bone characteristics assessed by histomorphometry of iliac crest samples from patients taking potassium citrate or potassium chloride at baseline and after 12 months of treatment, as well as of living organ donors (reference value). Results are given as absolute values for bone characteristics assessed by histomorphometry analysis. ^†Denotes the P value for significance between the reference population of healthy individuals and the combined renal transplant patients. Ref., reference; K-Cit, potassium citrate; K-Cl, potassium chloride.