Table 2 Biochemical parameters in the three groups

16^thwk

24^thwk

48^thwk

16^thwk

24^thwk

48^thwk

16^thwk

24^thwk

48^thwk

Cr (mg/dl)

0.5 ± 0.0

0.7 ± 0.0

0.6 ± 0.0

0.5 ± 0.0

0.6 ± 0.0

0.6 ± 0.0

0.5 ± 0.0

0.6 ± 0.0

0.6 ± 0.0

BUN (mg/dl)

N/A

N/A

21.2 ± 0.5

N/A

N/A

21.8 ± 0.5

N/A

N/A

20.5 ± 0.4

UAE (mg/day)

5.9 ± 1.1

96.6 ± 20.0^a

85.0 ± 22.1^a

3.6 ± 0.7

110.7 ± 30.6^a

197.2 ± 54.4^a

4.0 ± 0.4

73.8 ± 11.9^a

139.0 ± 24.5^a

CCr (ml/min)

59.2 ± 7.0

39.0 ± 2.7

N/A

60.7 ± 10.0

44.2 ± 2.9

N/A

56.4 ± 8.8

45.2 ± 4.0

N/A