. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 25.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Nephrol. 2012 Oct 25;36(5):405–411. doi: 10.1159/000343495

Table 2. Baseline measures of kidney function by baseline telomere length (N=954)^*.

Measure of kidney function	Quartile 1	Quartile 2	Quartile 3	Quartile 4	P-value
	4294– 5062 base pairs	5065– 5388 base pairs	5391–5778 base pairs	5779 –7470 base pairs
	N=239	N=238	N=238	N=239
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)	1.2 ± 0.6	1.1 ± 0.4	1.2 ± 0.8	1.2 ± 0.7	0.4
Urine CrCl (ml/min/1.73 m²)	88.8 ± 36.4	94.0 ± 36.4	91.7 ±35.0	94.6 ±35.7	0.3
eGFR_CKD-EPI (ml/min/1.73 m²)	70.2 ± 21.4	73.5 ±20.1	72.7 ±21.6	74.1 ±22.6	0.2
Cystatin C (mg/L)	1.24 ± 0.67	1.16 ± 0.40	1.21 ±0.59	1.18 ±0.57	0.4
eGFRcys (ml/min/1.73 m²)	70.5 ± 27.5	71.3 ± 21.1	69.7 ±21.0	72.4 ±22.4	0.6
Urine albumin to creatinine ratio (mg/gm)^†	8.4 (12.1)	9.4 (13.7)	9.1 (12.2)	8.1 (10.3)	0.3

reported as mean ± SD, unless otherwise specified

^†

median (IQR)

Table 2. Baseline measures of kidney function by baseline telomere length (N=954)*.