Table 1.
Selected laboratory values and weight before and after dietary therapy
| 17 February 2017 | 9 April 2017 | 18 April 2017 | 3 May 2017 | 1 June 2017 | 24 August 2017 | 15 March 2018 | |
| Potassium (mmol/L) | 4.6 | Started diet | 5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| CO2 (mmol/L) | 21 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 25 | |
| Urea nitrogen (mg/dL) | 39 | 32 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 21 | |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.56 | 1.67 | 1.45 | 1.44 | 1.03 | 0.98 | |
| eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) | 45 | 41 | 49 | 49 | 74 | 78 | |
| Phosphorus (mg/dL) | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | |
| Albumin (g/dL) | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.7 | |||
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 181 | 118 | 110 | 148 | |||
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 148 | 123 | 103 | 84 | |||
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 48 | 37 | 44 | 50 | |||
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 103 | 56 | 45 | 81 | |||
| Chol/HDL ratio | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 | |||
| Haemoglobin A1c (%) | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 6.0 | |||
| Creatinine, UR (mg/dL) | 89 | 60 | 28 | 75 | |||
| Microalbumin, UR (mg/dL) | 36.87 | 1.61 | 2.71 | 11.56 | |||
| Microalb/creat ratio | 414.3 | 26.8 | 96.8 | 154.1 | |||
| Weight (kg) | 109.4 | 102.8 | 94.8 | 87.1 | 78.5 | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 39.5 | 37.1 | 34.3 | 31.5 | 28.4 |
BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.