Safety and effectiveness of low-protein diet supplemented with ketoacids in diabetic patients with chronic kidney disease

Table 5 Clinical and laboratory follow-up of CKD patients on low-protein diet and ketoacids followed in the long-term (at least 2 years)

	Diabetes	(n = 29)	non-DM	(n = 35)
	basal	final	basal	final
SBP, mmHg	140 ± 23^*	135 ± 20^*	128 ± 17	127 ± 13
DBP, mmHg	78 ± 14	75 ± 11	73 ± 10	76 ± 10
Urea, mg/dl	130 ± 64^*	108 ± 51^*	98 ± 48	90 ± 52
Uric Acid, mg/dl	7,0 ± 1,7	5,8 ± 1,7^#	6,6 ± 2,0	6,3 ± 1,7
Glucose, mg/dl	114 ± 55	104 ± 18^*	99 ± 16	94 ± 15
Phosphate, mg/dl	4,3 ± 0,8^*	3,8 ± 0,5^#	3,8 ± 0,8	3,6 ± 0,7
Hemoglobin, g/dl	12,1 ± 1,9	12,1 ± 2,2	13,0 ± 2,3	13,0 ± 2,0
Total proteins, g/dl	7,0 ± 0,6	7,1 ± 0,7^*	7,1 ± 0,6	6,7 ± 0,5^#

non-DM non Diabetes Mellitus, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure
^#p < 0.05 vs. basal; ^*p < 0.05 vs. non-DM

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