Variable | Control group (N = 21) | Garlic group (N = 19) | Difference | P-valuea | |
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Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean (95% CI) | |||
Inflammatory marker | ESR (mm) | 45.3 ± 22.3 | 35.4 ± 21.7 | 9.9 (− 4.3, 24.0) | 0.027 |
Lipid profile | Cholesterol (mg/dl) | 153.6 ± 31.6 | 187.6 ± 36.9 | −34.0 (− 55.9, − 12.1) | 0.115 |
Renal function | nPCR | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 0.8 ± 0.2 | − 0.02 (− 0.1, 0.1) | 0.849 |
Albumin (g/dl) | 4.2 ± 0.7 | 4.0 ± 0.5 | 0.2 (− 0.2, 0.6) | 0.264 | |
Peritoneal function | Peritoneal Kt/V | 1.4 ± 0.5 | 1.4 ± 0.4 | 0.02 (− 0.3, 0.3) | 0.511 |
Ultrafiltration (ml) | 1085.7 ± 589.3 | 973.2 ± 523.6 | 112.5 (− 245.8, 470.9) | 0.104 | |
Potassium (mEq/l) | 4.2 ± 0.5 | 4.7 ± 0.6 | − 0.4 (− 0.8, − 0.1) | 0.039 | |
Phosphor mg/dl) | 5.3 ± 1.1 | 5.1 ± 1.3 | 0.2 (− 0.6, 0.9) | 0.562 | |
Calcium (mg/dl) | 10.0 ± 0.7 | 9.6 ± 0.7 | 0.3 (− 0.1, 0.8) | 0.240 | |
Ferritin (ng/ml) | 394.5 ± 381.9 | 280.3 ± 190.6 | 114.2 (− 82.3, 310.6) | 0.339 | |
Uric acid (mg/dl) | 6.5 ± 1.4 | 6.1 ± 1.4 | 0.5 (− 0.4, 1.4) | 0.221 |