Table 1.

Baseline plasma biochemistry

Plasma parameters	Normal rats	Uremic rats
n	45	54
FGF23, pg/mL	118 ± 10	1624 ± 136***
PTH, pg/mL	59 ± 11	1592 ± 194***
Ferritin, ng/mL	423 ± 78	698 ± 87*
Iron, μmol/L	16.3 ± 2.5	26.6 ± 4.0*
Transferrin, g/L	1.6 ± 0.1	1.4 ± 0.1
Creatinine, μmol/L	25.8 ± 0.5	76.9 ± 3.9***
Urea, mmol/L	7.6 ± 0.2	22.4 ± 0.9***
Ca2+, mmol/L	1.37 ± 0.01	1.09 ± 0.02***
P, mmol/L	1.80 ± 0.06	2.88 ± 0.11***
K, mmol/L	5.0 ± 0.1	5.4 ± 0.1**
Na, mmol/L	141 ± 0.2	141 ± 0.4

Data are mean ± SEM. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.001; ***P < 0.0001 vs normal rats.