Table 4.

p values for change in serum creatinine levels within the groups (from baseline to the end of the treatment period) and between the groups

Group	4 weeks	8 weeks	12 weeks	16 weeks	20 weeks	24 weeks
A	ns	ns	p ≤ 0.005	p ≤ 0.005	p ≤ 0.0001	p ≤ 0.0001
B	ns	ns	p ≤ 0.005	p ≤ 0.0001	p ≤ 0.0001	p ≤ 0.005
C	ns	p ≤ 0.05	p ≤ 0.0001	p ≤ 0.0001	p ≤ 0.0001	p ≤ 0.0001
A vs B	ns	ns	ns	ns	p ≤ 0.005	p ≤ 0.005
A vs C	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
C vs B	ns	ns	ns	p ≤ 0.05	p ≤ 0.005	p ≤ 0.005