Distribution of sociodemographic variables across research groups.
Abbreviations: BMI = Body mass index; SSCE = Senior school certificate examination; OND = Ordinary National diploma; HND = Higher national diploma; BSC = Bachelor of science; SD = Standard deviationAdditionally, the baseline pre-therapy hematocrit level, pre-therapy serum electrolyte, urea and creatinine level and liver function test parameters were similar in both groups (p>0.05). The details are as shown in 