Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the piglet study population. Values are mean ± SD.

Parameter	8 days	28 days (4 weeks)	49 days (7 weeks)	180 days (6 months)
Number of piglets	14	8	16	8
Bodyweight (kg)	2.01 ± 0.43	10.0 ± 1.69	13.9 ± 2.74	112.88 ± 9.11
Body surface area (m2)	0.16 ± 0.02	0.46 ± 0.05	0.59 ± 0.08	2.42 ± 0.13
Kidney weight (g)	14.0 ± 2.94	20.25 ± 3.30	38.0 ± 3.16	121.24 ± 20.97
Plasma creatinine (mg/dL)	0.43 ± 0.08	0.46 ± 0.11	0.45 ± 0.10	0.99 ± 0.11
Total plasma protein (g/L)	28.4 ± 5.60	31.7 ± 5.59	31.6 ± 6.39	49.2 ± 6.83