Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population

No. of subjects

10

11

14

14

Age (years)

39.5 (28.0 –68.0)

57.0 (31.0 –71.0)

0.57

55.5 (30.0 –72.0)

54.5 (36.0 –59.0)

0.45

0.32

0.85

Female/male ratio

3/7

5/6

0.47

6/8

2/12

0.09

0.52

0.08

Body mass index (kg/m²)

27.3 (21.9 –33.8)

25.5 (24.0 –26.6)

0.68

29.4 (24.2 –30.6)

26.3 (25.1 –28.4)

0.63

0.76

0.41

Body surface area

1.7 (1.7 –1. 9)

1.8 (1.6 –1.8)

0.83

1.8 (1.6 –1.9)

1.9 (1.8 –2.0)

0.35

0.52

0.11

Serum glucose (mg/dl)

91 (81–101)

88 (83–97)

0.89

84 (81–94)

94 (87–97)

0.19

0.44

0.67

Serum protein (g/dl)

4.4 (3.7 –4.7)

5.0 (4.1 –6.2)

0.09

4.7 (4.1 –4.9)

6.1 (4.5 –6.3)

0.05

0.29

0.56

Serum creatinine (mg/dl)

0.9 (0.8 –1.0)

1.2 (0.9 –1.2)

0.12

0.9 (0.8 –1.3)

1.3 (0.9 –1.8)

0.24

0.64

0.62

Proteinuria (g/24 h)

10.6 (2.3 –12.2)

3.5 (2.5 –7.4)

0.29

9.7 (5.9 –15.0)

3.4 (1.7 –4.5)

0.004

0.52

0.64