Effect of Dietary Supplements in Reducing Probability of Death for Uremic Crises in Dogs Affected by Chronic Kidney Disease (Masked RCCT)

Table 2

Mean, median, and 25% and 75% for BW and BCS, hematocrit, serum creatinine, BUN, phosphate, blood pH, bicarbonate, and UPC ratio, for Group A and B at time of randomization. Differences between groups are depicted by 𝑃 value (statistically significant 𝑃<0.05).

	Group A	Group B	P value (A Versus B)
BW (kg)
mean	18.2	21.0
median	14.4	17.8	0.17
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(8.5; 29.0)	(9.7; 29.9)
BSC (1–5)
mean	2.8	2.7
median	3.0	3.0	1.00
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(3.0; 3.0)	(2.0; 3.0)
Serum Creatinine (mg/dL)
mean	5.7	4.9
median	3.1	4.1	0.66
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(1.9; 10.5)	(2.1; 7.23)
BUN (mg/dL)
mean	97.1	86.2
median	69.0	75.1	0.76
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(32.2; 204.0)	(42.9; 150.1)
Phosphorus (mg/dL)
mean	8.9	7.1
median	7.2	7.2	0.90
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(5.4; 11.0)	(5.0; 9.5)
Blood pH
mean	7.30	7.29
median	7.30	7.34	0.55
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(7.25; 7.40)	(7.20; 7.39)
HCO3^− (mEq/L)
mean	18.9	18.4
median	19.1	18.2	0.14
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(16.0; 23.4)	(14.6; 22.7)
Hct (%)
mean	30.7	32.1
median	34.00	33.0	0.37
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(24.6; 39.0)	(24.5; 41.0)
UPC ratio
mean	2.90	0.62
median	0.68	0.39	0.41
25% percentile; 75% percentile	(0.24; 1.60)	(0.29; 0.80)