Gum Arabic Reduces C-Reactive Protein in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients without Affecting Urea or Indoxyl Sulfate Levels

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study population ().

Parameter	Group-1; (10 g/day)	Group-2; (20 g/day)	Group-3; (40 g/day)	value
Number
Age
Male/female
Diabetes mellitus
CKD stage 3B/4
eGFR (mL/min/1.7 m^2)
Creatinine (µmol/L)
BUN (mmol/L)
Immunosuppression

CKD: chronic kidney disease; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; BUN: blood urea nitrogen.
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