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. 2024 Feb 19;25:59. doi: 10.1186/s12882-024-03479-0

Table 4.

Selected laboratory results for participants in the KIND registry by kidney disease type (n = 2,912)

Variable Type of kidney disease or Kidney Replacement Therapy (KRT)
Glomerulonephritis Hemodialysis Peritoneal dialysis Transplant
Median (IQR)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
 Initial value 135 (123 – 148) 138 (127 – 151) 132.5 (121.5—148.5 136 (124 – 148)
 6 months later 132 (122 – 146) 135 (124—147) 131.5 (115 -149.5) 131 (122—145)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
 Initial value 77 (69—85) 78.5 (69—86) 76.5 (70—89) 78 (70 – 86)
 6 months later 75 (66—83) 75 (66—84) 78 (69.5—87.5) 76 (67 – 84)
eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2)
 Initial value 33.5 (15—53) 28 (12—49) 19 (10—50) 34 (17—51)
 6 months later 36 (15 – 60) 26 (11—53) 16.5 (8—36) 37 (15.5 -57)
Serum creatinine (U/L)
 Initial value 173 (108—331) 219 (144—438) 205 (120—370) 179 (129—329)
 6 months later 163 (100 – 348) 229 (126—493) 352.5 (156—649) 178.5 (114.5 -395.5)
Serum albumin g/L
 Initial value 34 (28 – 38) 34 (29—38) 35 (28—38) 36 (31—40)
 6 months later 38 (34 – 42) 38 (34 – 42) 37 (33—43) 41 (35—43)
ESR (mm/hr)
 Initial value 48 (24—77) 49 (21—76) 80 (30—120) 33.5 (16 – 70)
 6 months later 40 (24 – 66) 40 (25—77) 24 (19—55) 40 (24—79)
PCR (mg/mg)
 Initial value 5.3 (1.5 -14.9) 4.8 (0.9—12.5) 1.2 (0.5—2.3) 3.1 (0.5—12.2)
 6 months later 3.0 (1.1—12.9) 3.2 (1.2 – 10.0) 0.7 (0.2—1.1) 2.1 (0.4—8.7)
Urea reduction ratio (%)
 Initial value 73 (68—78)
 6 months later 74 (69—79)
Hemoglobin (g/L)
 Initial value 109 (92—127) 100 (86—116.5) 100 (87—116) 107 (93 – 123)
 6 months later 126 (112 – 139) 121 (107 – 135) 114 (100 – 131) 135 (120 – 148)
Corrected calcium (mmol/L)
 Initial value 2.3 (2.2—2.4) 2.2 (2.1—2.3) 2.3 (2.1—2.4) 2.2 (2.1—2.4)
 6 months later 2.3 (2.2—2.4) 2.3 (2.2—2.4) 2.3 (2.2—2.4) 2.3 (2.3—2.4)
Phosphorus (mmol/L)
 Initial value 1.4 (1.1—1.8) 1.5 (1.2—2.0) 1.7 (1.3—2.0) 1.4 (1.1—1.8)
 6 months later 1.3 (1.1—1.5) 1.2 (1.0—1.5) 1.3 (1.1—1.7) 1.2 (1.0—1.3)
Potassium (mmol/L)
 Initial value 4.3 (4.0—4.8) 4.4 (4.0—5.0) 4.3 (3.8—4.8) 4.3 (3.9—4.9)
 6 months later 4.4 (4.0—4.8) 4.5 (4.1—5.0) 4.4 (3.9—4.8) 4.3 (4.0—4.6)
Complement Component 3 (G/L)
 Initial value 1.1 (0.9–1.3)
 6 months later 1.0 (0.8–1.1)
Complement Component 4 (G/L)
 Initial value 0.3 (0.2–0.4)
 6 months later 0.3 (0.2–0.4)
Anti-DNA (IU/mL)
 Initial value 16.0 (8.0–31.0)
 6 months later 15.6 (7.2–34.8)
Perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (p-ANCA) (U/mL)
 Initial value 2.1 (1.4–3.7)
 6 months later 2.5 (1.4–7.0)
cytoplasmic anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (cANCA) (U/mL)
 Initial value 2.3 (1.8–3.5)
 6 months later 2.1 (1.3–2.6)
Anti-glomerular basement membrane (Anti-GBM) (U/mL)
 Initial value 1.2 (0.7–2.0)
 6 months later 0.7 (0.3–7.8)
Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) (pmol/L)
 Initial value 46.6 (21.5–97.6)
 6 months later 31.3 (13.6–85.7)
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) (%)
 Negative 476 (62.6)
 Positive 12 (1.6)
 Unknown 273 (35.9)
Hepatitis C (HCV) (%)
 Negative 445 (58.5)
 Positive 28 (3.7)
 Unknown 288 (37.8)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (%)
 Negative 22 (2.9)
 Positive 1 (0.1)
 Unknown 738 (97.0)
Dialysis details
 Average number of dialysis sessions/ week (± SD) 3.0 (0.2)
 Average number of hours/ dialysis session (± SD) 3.6 (0.4)

Initial value refers to laboratory results closest to the diagnosis date ± 3 months, while the 6-month follow up summarizes laboratory results for 6 months following the initial value