Figure 4.
Concentration of urea in group with 5/6 nephrectomy or sham group in (A) plasma, (B) saliva at baseline, 2, 4 and 6 months after 5/6 nephrectomy, (C) correlation between plasma urea and its salivary concentrations. Concentrations of creatinine in group with 5/6 nephrectomy or sham group in (D) plasma, (E) saliva at baseline, 2, 4 and 6 months after 5/6 nephrectomy, (F) correlation between plasma creatinine and its salivary concentrations. Sham group is shown as white bars and 5/6 nephrectomy group as black bars. Results are expressed as mean + SD. ** denotes p ˂ 0.01, *** denotes p ˂ 0.001 in comparison to sham group (n = 17 for 5/6 nephrectomy group, n = 13 for control group).