Table 3.

Urine protein-to-creatinine ratio at each visit

Follow-up (wk)	Parameter	Treatment (n = 26)	Control (n = 22)	p-value
Baseline	Mean ± SD	1.71 ± 0.56	2.26 ± 0.91	0.03
12	Mean ± SD	1.24 ± 0.64	2.04 ± 1.41	0.04
	Difference vs. baseline	–0.50 ± 0.69	–0.10 ± 0.99	0.16
	Adjusted mean difference ± SE	–0.52 ± 0.19	–0.08 ± 0.21	0.14
24	Mean ± SD	1.32 ± 0.67	1.92 ± 0.77	0.02
	Difference vs. baseline	–0.38 ± 0.72	–0.12 ± 0.77	0.18
	Adjusted mean difference ± SE	–0.47 ± 0.15	–0.02 ± 0.17	0.06
36	Mean ± SD	1.33 ± 0.68	1.92 ± 0.95	0.42
	Difference vs. baseline	–0.35 ± 0.80	–0.11 ± 0.78	0.26
	Adjusted mean difference ± SE	–0.43 ± 0.18	–0.03 ± 0.19	0.14
48	Mean ± SD	1.27 ± 0.52	1.97 ± 0.89	0.01
	Difference vs. baseline	–0.38 ± 0.68	–0.03 ± 0.79	0.35
	Adjusted mean difference ± SE	–0.47 ± 0.17	0.07 ± 0.17	0.04

SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error.