Table 8 Compliance and main biochemical data at the (last updating): 147 on-diet patients who underwent complete biochemical profiling by March 31^st, 2015 (with a complete biochemical profile performed at the san Luigi General Laboratory)

n

54

46

32

15

147

Males/Females

39 (72.2%)

15 (27.8%)

25 (54.3%)

21 (45.7%)

13 (40.6%)

19 (59.4%)

8 (53.3%)

7 (46.7%)

85 (57.8%)

62 (42.2%)

0.032

sCreatinine mg/dL: median (min-max)

2.7

1.2–8.1

3.1

1.3–11.8

2.4

1.3–11.5

2.9

1.4–8.0

2.8

1.2–11.8

0.106

Creatinine Cl. (mL/min) median (min-max)

27

6–103

18

6–59

31

10–66

13

5–57

22

5–103

0.024

Proteinuria g/day: median, (min-max)

1.25

0.1–10.9

0.33

0.1–3.4

0.86

0.1–6.4

1.1

0.1–9.8

0.79

0.1–10.9

0.004

Proteinuria ≥ 1 g/day(%)

29 (53.7%)

15 (32.6%)

16 (50.0%)

8 (53.3%)

68 (46.3%)

0.162

s-albumin g/dL: median (min-max)

3.71

1.80–4.70

3.79

3.10–5.00

3.87

2.50–4.60

3.50

2.42–4.10

3.76

1.80–5.00

0.165

Albumin <3 g/dL (%)

7 (13.0%)

0

1 (3.1%)

3 (20.0%)

11 (7.5%)

0.016

PTH pg/mL: median (min-max)

77

20–333

112

34–848

104

36–705

25

21–280

99.7

20.0–848.0

0.027

PTH >300 pg/mL(%)

2 (3.8%)

5 (10.9%)

2 (6.3%)

2 (14.3%)

11 (7.6%)

0.439

BUN mg/dL, median (min-max)

44.5

11–98.5

53

9.5–111.5

38.5

17–93.5

46.5

23–100

46.5

9.5–111.5

0.076

BUN > =100 mg/dL

0

3 (6.5%)

0

2 (13.3%)

5 (3.4%)

0.031

HCO3 median, mg/dL)

25.1

14.3–31.0

26.2

17.7–39.0

25.6

17.0–34.0

24.6

20.8–28.0

25.6

14.3–39.0

0.244

HCO3 < 20 mg/dL

5 (9.8%)

3 (7.0%)

3 (10.0%)

0

11 (8.1%)

0.710

Protein intake (Mitch formula) g/Kg/day: median (min-max)

0.48

0.36–0.76

0.44

0.29–0.86

0.52

0.32–0.83

0.46

0.26–0.67

0.47

0.26–0.86

0.002

Protein <0.6 g/Kg/day

29 (54.3%)

35 (76.1%)

13 (40.6%)

10 (66.7%)

87 (59.6%)

0.013

Protein ≥0.8 g/Kg/day

0

1 (2.2%)

2 (6.3%)

0

3 (2.0%)

0.233