Fig. 2

Comparison of biochemical nutritional and metabolic parameters between the groups (a-i). Serum albumin (a), serum total protein (b), triglycerides (c), total cholesterol (d), LDL (e), HDL (f), phosphorus (g), uric acid (h), blood urea (i). The average values of the relevant parameters were presented as mean with standard deviation or median with interquartile range, the outliers were marked as a circle. Comparisons of all groups were performed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) or Kruskal-Wallis test (K-W), respectively. The results of appropriate tests were presented as p-values. The differences between two selected groups in multiple pairwise comparisons (in Bonferroni post-hoc test or appropriate post-hoc test for K-W) were presented as p-values. P-values < 0.05 were bolded