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. 2022 Mar 22;9:854230. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.854230

TABLE 3.

Creatinine clearance, Urinary glucose, sodium, lithium, water, and uric acid excretion measured at baseline and after 1 month of empagliflozin 10 mg.

Placebo (n = 13) Empagliflozin 10 mg (n = 26) Plac vs. empa



24 h urine collection Baseline 1 month Delta P-value Baseline 1 month Delta P-value P-value
Creatinine clearance (ml/min)
Day 141 ± 35 163 ± 56 +22 ± 59 0.2 150 ± 59 140 ± 49 −11 ± 54 0.3 0.09
Night 167 ± 91 154 ± 67 −13 ± 116 0.6 171 ± 99 170 ± 99 −1.0 ± 109 0.9 0.8
24 h glucose excretion (mmoles)
Day 0.3 ± 0.1 0.4 ± 0.3 +0.1 ± 0.4 0.2 0.3 ± 0.2 196 ± 76 +196 ± 76 <0.0001 <0.0001
Night 0.2 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.1 −0.01 ± 0.09 0.6 0.2 ± 0.1 85 ± 37 +85 ± 37 <0.0001 <0.0001
Urinary Na excretion (mmoles) 24 h 182 ± 63 229 ± 122 +46 ± 119 0.2 203 ± 93 188 ± 81 −15 ± 105 0.5 0.05
Day 134 ± 52 168 ± 33 +34 ± 105 0.3 133 ± 59 129 ± 12 −4 ± 77 0.8 0.2
Night 49 ± 25 61 ± 40 +13 ± 39 0.3 70 ± 58 59 ± 39 −11 ± 39 0.2 0.09
FE sodium (%) 24 h 0.66 ± 0.21 0.66 ± 0.14 0.005 ± 0.26 0.9 0.70 ± 0.25 0.66 ± 0.16 −0.04 ± 0.26 0.7 0.8
Day 0.71 ± 0.24 0.66 ± 0.16 −0.05 ± 0.26 0.5 0.72 ± 0.28 0.70 ± 0.22 −0.02 ± 0.30 0.7 0.7
Night 0.47 ± 0.18 0.60 ± 0.26 +0.13 ± 0.29 0.1 0.61 ± 0.31 0.52 ± 0.25 −0.08 ± 0.23 0.03 0.02
FE lithium (%) 24 h 13.6 ± 7.0 11.3 ± 5.3 −2.2 ± 7.9 0.3 12.9 ± 5.1 15.0 ± 7.0 +2.1 ± 7.2 0.08 0.049
Day 13.4 ± 6.9 11.0 ± 5.6 −2.3 ± 8.2 0.3 13.2 ± 5.3 15.3 ± 7.8 +2.1 ± 8.4 0.2 0.06
Night 13.2 ± 7.8 11.8 ± 5.6 −1.4 ± 8.2 0.5 12.0 ± 4.9 13.7 ± 6.2 +1.6 ± 6.7 0.2 0.2
FE urate (%) 24 h 7.6 ± 3.2 6.6 ± 2.1 −1.1 ± 2.3 0.1 6.6 ± 2.2 10.0 ± 2.5 +3.3 ± 1.9 <0.0001 <0.0001
Day 7.9 ± 3.4 7.0 ± 2.3 −0.8 ± 2.2 0.2 7.2 ± 2.4 10.4 ± 2.6 +3.2 ± 2.1 <0.0001 <0.0001
Night 7.1 ± 3.2 5.8 ± 2.1 −1.2 ± 2.9 0.2 5.7 ± 1.9 9.3 ± 2.7 +3.6 ± 1.9 <0.0001 <0.0001
Free water clearance (ml/min) 24 h −0.93 ± 0.67 −0.46 ± 0.89 +0.47 ± 0.75 0.04 −1.0 ± 0.75 −1.13 ± 0.92 −0.1 ± 0.7 0.4 0.02
Day 0.84 ± 0.65 −0.52 ± 1.1 +0.31 ± 1.0 0.3 −0.97 ± 1.0 −1.2 ± 0.98 −0.27 ± 1.1 0.2 0.06
Night −1.2 ± 1.0 −0.6 ± 0.8 +0.5 ± 1.0 0.07 −1.2 ± 1.2 −1.5 ± 1.5 −0.3 ± 1.2 0.2 0.02

FE, fractional excretion; Plac, placebo; and empa, empagliflozin.