TABLE I.

Study characteristics. SBP: systolic blood pressure, eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; data are represented as mean±SEM.

Uremic parameters	Sham	CKD	p-valuea
Baseline
Creatinine (μmol/l)	30.6 ± 2.9	34.9 ± 4.0	0.39
Urea (mmol/l)	6.7 ± 0.3	6.2 ± 0.2	0.14
Proteinuria (mg/24h)	3.4 ± 0.7	4.6 ± 1.3	0.43
SBP (mmHg)	130.7 ± 3.5	132.3 ± 2.7	0.72
eGFR(μl/min)	2071 ± 124	2015 ± 146	0.77
Weight (g)	227 ± 5	228 ± 3	0.88
Pre implantation
Creatinine (μmol/l)	32.9 ± 1.9	86.0 ± 5.6	<0.0001
Urea (mmol/l)	6.8 ± 0.2	16.6 ± 0.6	<0.0001
Proteinuria (mg/24h)	4.2 ± 0.8	82.2 ± 0.8	<0.0001
SBP (mmHg)	131.1 ± 3.1	145.9 ± 4.7	0.0005
eGFR (μl/min)	2141 ± 81	629 ± 54	<0.0001
Weight (g)	273 ± 4	271 ± 3	0.71
Graft implantation
Survival
Survival implantation	21 (23)	22 (30)
Patency grafts 24 h	21 (21)	20 (22)
Patency end point	20 (21)	20 (20)

^a Unpaired t-test.