Table 1.

Metabolic parameters and renal functions in the OAL and OMR groups.

	OAL group	OMR group
Body weight (g)	32.15 ± 2.09	30.20 ± 1.24
Kidney weight/Body weight	0.0065 ± 0.00089	0.0069 ± 0.00123
Albumin (g/L)	33.53 ± 4.62	34.25 ± 2.26
Total protein (g/L)	57.5 ± 4.62	55.2 ± 2.62
Glucose (mmol/L)	11.36 ± 1.67	7.13 ± 0.48*
Creatinine (μmol/L)	14.36 ± 4.90	16.40 ± 8.67
Serum urea nitrogen (mmol/L)	7.46 ± 0.74	8.70 ± 1.47
Cholestrol (mmol/L)	3.61 ± 0.36	2.47 ± 0.36*
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.77 ± 0.03	0.71 ± 0.06
Glycosylated serum protein (μmol/L)	134.5 ± 28.3	129.9 ± 25.1
Ca (mmol/L)	2.4 ± 0.19	2.2 ± 0.14
P (mmol/L)	3.0 ± 0.52	3.3 ± 0.28

OAL, old ad libitum; OMR, methionine restriction. Data are presented as means±SD (n = 6–8).* p < 0.05 OMR vs. OAL.