Table 1. Effects of Different Doses of Gold Nanoparticles on Albumin, Urea, Creatinine, and Uric Acid Levels^a.

	control	25 mg/kg	50 mg/kg	100 mg/kg	250 mg/kg
albumin (μM)	537.2 ± 5.4	53.4 ± 20.7	598.5 ± 18.9	546.2 ± 42.7	538.3 ± 64.4
urea (mg/dL)	20.7 ± 3.2	80.2 ± 4.1***	81.9 ± 5.6***	69.8 ± 1.8***	84.6 ± 5.9***
creatinine (mg/dL)	1.5 ± 0.5	1.9 ± 0.6	1.7 ± 0.4	4.9 ± 0.6***	6 ± 0.3***
uric acid (mg/dL)	6.9 ± 0.7	5.2 ± 1.7	5.5 ± 0.4	10.5 ± 0.3***	8.5 ± 0.8**

^aValues are presented as mean ± SD. **P < 0.01 and ***P < 0.001.