Table 2.

Serum biochemical values.

	All (n = 95)	Non-Progressors (n = 48)	Progressors (n = 47)	P value
Glucose (mmol/L)	6.7 ± 2.65	6.8 ± 3.34	6.8 ± 1.71	0.164
Hb1Ac (%)	6.9 ± 1.46	6.9 ± 1.80	6.9 ± 0.96	0.288
Urea (mmol/L)	8.4 ± 3.41	8.3 ± 3.35	8.6 ± 3.50	0.602
Creatinine (μmol/L)	108 ± 35.1	108 ± 35.9	108 ± 34.6	0.979
Sodium (mmol/L)	141 ± 3.0	141 ± 3.5	141 ± 2.4	0.498
Bicarbonate (mmol/L)	25 ± 4.0	25 ± 4.1	25 ± 3.4	0.701
Potasium (mmol/L)	4.4 ± 0.64	4.4 ± 0.76	4.3 ± 0.51	0.548
Magnesium (mmol/L)	0.91 ± 0.121	0.92 ± 0.121	0.90 ± 0.122	0.238
Calcium (mmol/L)	2.44 ± 0.09	2.43 ± 0.09	2.45 ± 0.108	0.609
Phosphate (mmol/L)	1.09 ± 0.169	1.10 ± 0.172	1.09 ± 0.166	0.748
Uric Acid (μmol/L)	377 ± 103	390 ± 94.3	363 ± 110	0.156
Albumin (g/L)	4.5 ± 0.5	4.6 ± 0.48	4.5 ± 0.43	0.328
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	2.3 ± 1.37	2.3 ± 1.6	2.3 ± 1.17	0.772
HDL Cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.1 ± 0.30	1.0 ± 0.20	1.1 ± 0.38	0.495
LDL Cholesterol (mmol/L)	3.1 ± 0.87	3.1 ± 0.88	3.02 ± 0.87	0.555
Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.1 ± 1.01	5.1 ± 1.05	5.06 ± 0.98	0.757
Hemoglobin (mmol/L)	8.5 ± 1.04	8.6 ± 1.02	8.4 ± 1.06	0.285
Ferritin (μg/L)	128 ± 177	147 ± 170	111 ± 183	0.065
C Reactive Protein (mmol/L)	53 ± 88.6	57 ± 109.4	50 ± 61.5	0.685