Table 3.

This table presents the percentage differences and statistical significances of the serum parameter concentrations before and after freezing. A positive percentage value means an increase and a negative percentage value a decrease in an analyte concentration.

	Creatinine	BUN	Albumin	TP	K	Na	Cl	Ca	P	SDMA
%	8.94 *	4.26 *	−2.67 *	−4.96 *	−2.37	0.05	−0.90 *	−4.88 *	−12.03 *	5.30
p	<0.001	<0.001	0.016	<0.001	0.123	0.916	0.014	<0.001	<0.001	0.104

Note: * significant differences p < 0.5 between gender between concentrations of the analytes before and after freezing.