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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 27.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2010 Oct 27;90(8):861–866. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181f1543c

TABLE 1.

Demographic and laboratory parameters by presence of metabolic syndrome at time of transplant

No Metabolic Syndrome (N=274) Metabolic Syndrome (N=366) p-value
Mean SD Mean SD
Age (years) 45.5 13.0 47.1 13.1 0.11
Male gender (%) 56.2% 59.3% 0.43
African American (%) 37.6% 27.0% 0.005
Hepatitis C (%) 11.3% 10.7% 0.79
CMV (%) 67.2% 70.4% 0.42
Etiology of ESRD
                HTN (%)a 75.0% 69.9% 0.34
                PKD (%)a 9.5% 15.8% 0.009
Deceased donor (%) 58.4% 61.7% 0.39
Preemptive transplant (%) 15.7% 14.9% 0.45
BMI (kg/m2) 26.7 7.7 31.5 10.0 <0.0001
Glucose (mg/dL) 86.1 23.5 95.5 27.7 <0.0001
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 118.8 62.7 246.4 127.4 <0.0001
SBP (mm Hg) 159.2 22.9 158.2 20.9 0.59
DBP (mm Hg) 90.8 13.9 88.4 12.5 0.03
HDL (mg/dL) 49.3 14.8 36.3 12.6 <0.0001
cLDL (mg/dL) 93.6 32.7 97.4 40.3 0.27
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 163.7 40.3 176.1 52.5 0.004
Apo A1 (mg/dL) 125.5 30.0 113.3 30.2 <0.0001
Apo B (mg/dL) 72.4 21.7 85.4 28.3 <0.0001
Ratio of Apo B to Apo A1 0.60 0.21 0.78 0.25 <0.0001
White Blood Cells (x109/L) 7.6 3.3 8.1 4.9 0.15
Calcium (mg/dL) 9.07 1.37 9.01 3.74 0.80
Phosphate (mg/dL) 5.29 1.84 5.28 1.72 0.94
Hematocrit (%) 35.0% 4.9% 35.0% 6.0% 0.95
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 11.7 1.6 11.8 2.1 0.50
Platelet Count (x109/L) 198.4 68.1 198.6 79.1 0.98
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL) 48.9 22.3 47.7 20.5 0.48
Creatinine (mg/dL) 8.37 4.08 8.23 3.75 0.66
Albumin (g/dL) 4.14 0.47 4.16 0.43 0.88
Weight Gain, 3 months (kg) 4.97 5.90 4.16 9.01 0.48
Weight Gain, 6 months (kg) 5.82 8.36 6.60 9.32 0.60

BMI- body mass index, CMV- cytomegalovirus, ESRD- end-stage renal disease, HTN- hypertension, PKD- polycystic kidney disease