highly significantP value <0.001
Table 1 summarizes mean serum laboratory investigations at baseline and after 12 months. Regarding urinary cytokines, there was a highly significant decrease of mean MIF/creatinine ratio, MCP-1/creatinine ratio, CCL-18/creatinine ratio, and CCL-15/creatinine ratio after twelve months of follow-up ( P value <0.001).