Table 4.

Proteinuria and protein-to-creatinine in experimental groups at weeks 2, 3 and 7 and serum albumin

Variable	NC group	PC group	LC group	G group	LCG group	P valuea
Week 2: Proteinuria (mg/dl)	107.70±4.92	111.85±5.92	102.00±48.74	105.11±28.94	98.00±9.38	0.877
Week 3: Proteinuria (mg/dl)	107.50±6.36	671.14±180.28b	273.00±99.73c	384.66±237.18b	210.25±131.77c	0.00
Week 7: Proteinuria (mg/dl)	103.90±22.65	1864.00±298.27b	328.50±27.87c	680.88±348.82bc	400.25±120.13c	0.00
Week 2: Urine protein-to-creatinine ratio	2.96±1.26	3.96±0.71	1.85±0.28	3.74±1.82	3.67±1.47	0.104
Week 3: Urine protein-to-creatinine ratio	3.39±1.12	29.98±7.41b	18.70±30.71	14.38±7.92	5.88±.3.71c	0.001
Week 7: Urine protein-to-creatinine ratio	3.87±1.30	71.48±17.20b	22.97±3.19c	38.11±19.59bc	20.67±21.28c	0.00
Serum albumin	3.63±0.25	1.32±0.34b	2.73±0.23bc	1.47±0.63b	2.86±1.35c	0.00

Values are means±SD.

^aOne-way ANOVA between groups.

^bValues for PC, LC, G and LCG groups are significantly different compared with NC group by post hoc Scheffé test at P<0.05.

^cValues for LC, G and LCG groups are significantly different compared with PC group by post hoc Scheffé test at P<0.05.