Table 8 Compliance and main biochemical data at the (last updating): 147 on-diet patients who underwent complete biochemical profiling by March 31st, 2015 (with a complete biochemical profile performed at the san Luigi General Laboratory)
| Diet history | LPD-KA only | LPD-PFF only | Other only | More than one diet | All patients | p Among groups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
