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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2010 Jan 19;55(2):269. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.09.021

Table 2.

Multivariate Relationships between Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory outcomes and cohort characteristics.

Trouble Sleeping Low Energy
Child Report
%; OR (95% CI)
Parent Report
%; OR (95% CI)
Child Report
%; OR (95% CI)
Parent Report
%; OR (95% CI)
No. No.=237 No.=214 No.=234 No.=222
Measured GFRa
  ≥50 33%; 1 (ref) 29%; 1 (ref) 33%; 1 (ref) 31%; 1 (ref)
  40-<50 23%; 1.49 (0.78, 2.83) 23%; 0.88 (0.44, 1.77) 22%; 1.38 (0.72, 2.65) 24%; 2.07 (1.05, 4.09)*
  30-<40 26%; 0.92 (0.49, 1.73) 28%; 0.75 (0.37, 1.51) 26%; 1.12 (0.58, 2.17) 27%; 2.35 (1.17, 4.72)*
  <30 19%; 0.93 (0.46, 1.90) 20%; 0.77 (0.34, 1.75) 19%; 1.49 (0.70, 3.17) 18%; 2.59 (1.15, 5.85)*
Family Income
  ≤ $36,000 NA 37%; 1 (ref) NA 37%; 1 (ref)
  $36,000–≤$75,000 NA 30%; 0.82 (0.44, 1.52) NA 31%; 0.82 (0.44, 1.50)
  >$75,000 NA 33%; 0.54 (0.30, 0.99) * NA 32%; 0.32 (0.16, 0.67)*
% of life with CKD
  <25% NA NA 17%; 1 (ref) 16%; 1 (ref)
  25% to <75% NA NA 30%; 0.35 (0.17, 0.71)* 29%; 0.47 (0.22, 1.02)
  75% to 100% NA NA 53%; 0.34 (0.17, 0.65)* 55%; 0.32 (0.16, 0.67)*
Growth Markers
  Birth Weight <2500g** NA 18%; 1.55 (0.81, 2.95) NA NA
  BMI percentileb
    <35 26%; 1 (ref) NA NA NA
    35 to <60 23%; 1.16 (0.59, 2.30) NA NA NA
    60 to <85 24%; 0.90 (0.45, 1.79) NA NA NA
    ≥85 27%; 1.96 (1.01, 3.83)* NA NA NA
Co-morbidities
  Hypertensiveb 48%; 0.59 (0.36, 0.97)* NA NA NA
  Anemia NA 45%; 1.03 (0.58, 1.81) 41%; 1.66 (0.96, 2.85) 44%; 1.75 (0.99,3.09)
Global P-value for model
significance
P=0.07 P=0.4 P=0.005 P<0.001
*

indicates significance at the 0.05 level; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; CKD, chronic kidney disease; NA, not applicable; ref, reference.

**

reference value is ≥2500 g[ND3]

a

Glomerular filtration Rate measured in ml/min/1.73m2.

b

Age and sex specific percentiles using standard growth charts for United States children.

b

Systolic or Diastolic Blood Pressure >95th percentile for age, sex, height or self-report of hypertension with concurrent report of anti-hypertensive medication.