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Table 2 Post-treatment comparison of biochemical characteristics with normal distribution in control or garlic group

From: Evaluating the effect of garlic extract on serum inflammatory markers of peritoneal dialysis patients: a randomized double-blind clinical trial study

Variable

Control group (N = 21)

Garlic group (N = 19)

Difference

P-valuea

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

  1. ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, SGOT serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, and n-PCR: normalized protein catabolic rate
  2. avalues are tested by analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)