Fig. 2

Body weight and biochemical indexes. a Timeline of study process. b Body weight changes during experiment. c Serum albumin levels. d Scr levels. e BUN levels. f Urinary albumin excretion adjusted by urinary creatinine. g Urinary total protein excretion adjusted by urinary creatinine. h Urinary NAG excretion adjusted by urinary creatinine. i Serum ALT levels. j Serum AST levels. Data are presented as the means ± SEM, n = 6 rats per group. (**P < 0.01 compared with the sham group; ^#P < 0.05, ^##P < 0.01 compared with the 5/6 Nx group; ^δδP < 0.01 compared with the 5/6 Nx + Perindopril group)