Table 1. Baseline Characteristics; Pretreatment and Posttreatment Outcomes as well as Complications of Patients of Both Groups.

	ILIB	Sham Laser	P Value
Patients, No.	10	10
Mean age, year ± SD	65.2±22.9	64.8±19.7	0.9
Male to female ratio (%)	70	70	NS
Need for dialysis (%)	2 (20)	2 (20)	NS
Mean serum sodium, mmol/L ± SD
Pretreatment	142.2±4.8	140.1±4.7	0.3
Posttreatment	134.7±1.6	134.9±1.7	0.7
P value	0. 003*	0.013*	-
Mean serum potassium, mmol/L ± SD
Pretreatment	5.5±0.7	6.3±1.01	0.5
Posttreatment	4.0±0.1	4.03±0.3	0.8
P value	0. 0001*	0.0001*	-
Mean serum phosphor, mmol/L ± SD
Pretreatment	6.4±1.1	6.3±1.01	0.8
Posttreatment	2.9±0.7	3.0±0.7	0.7
P value	0. 0001*	0.0001*	-
Mean serum BUN, mmol/L ± SD
Pretreatment	92.7±38.4	83.6±29.7	0.5
Posttreatment	26.6±8.1	29.2±7.6	0.5
P value	0. 0001*	0.0001*	-
Mean serum creatinine, mmol/L ± SD
Pretreatment	6.8±2.2	6.7±1.9	0.9
Posttreatment	1.9±0.7	1.7±0.5	0.4
P value	0.0001*	0.0001*	-
Mean hemoglobin, g/L ± SD
Preoperative	12.6±1.6	12.6±1.9	0.9
Postoperative	12.6±1.3	12.6±1.6	0.8
P value	0.3	0.8	-
Mean serum pH, ± SD
Pretreatment	7.12±0.15	7.11±0.15	0.9
Posttreatment	7.34±0.28	7.34±0.28	0.9
P value	0. 001*	0.001*	-
Mean urinary output, mL/24h ± SD
Pretreatment	378.0±334.1	444.0±335.5	0.6
Posttreatment	1602.0±380.2	1496.0±331.2	0.5
P value	0.0001*	0. 0001*	-

ILIB, Intravascular laser irradiation of blood; NS, non-significant.

* Statistically significant.