Table 3. Quantitative analysis of urine protein and serum creatinine. Mean±SD. ^bP<0.05, ^cP<0.01 vs Sham. ^eP<0.05, ^fP<0.01 vs Model.

Group	Urine protein quantity (mg/24 h)
	Baseline	4 weeks	8 weeks	12 weeks
Sham (n=12)	9.86±4.57	11.34±3.57	19.21±5.94	17.83±4.22
Model (n=7)	9.57±5.35	34.79±15.11c	119.91±23.60c	159.19±66.51c
IRB (n=11)	8.31±3.48	20.24±10.54	61.00±24.73cf	65.70±20.98cf
SLX (n=10)	9.33±4.41	31.00±21.10c	65.16±24.50cf	90.02±57.82ce
SLX/IRB (n=11)	9.00±4.14	33.51±17.99c	66.95±28.17cf	59.13±32.30bf
Group	Serum creatinine (μmol/L)
	Baseline	4 weeks	8 weeks	12 weeks
Sham (n=12)	28.15±4.79	22.70±3.42	29.84±4.23	46.04±7.70
Model (n=7)	26.71±2.65	83.04±20.80c	94.61±14.56c	167.06±26.62c
IRB (n=11)	25.74±1.16	76.74±19.67c	86.94±20.96c	130.09±29.84ce
SLX (n=10)	25.62±1.49	60.31±14.33cf	75.35±23.88ce	125.84±60.58ce
SLX/IRB (n=11)	26.11±3.40	71.47±24.75c	85.47±28.58c	121.39±33.55ce