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. 2013 Jun 25;8(6):e66182. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066182

Table 1. Characteristics of the patients on the liver-transplant waiting list.

Number of patients 200
Gender n (%) Males : 145 (72)
Females : 55 (28)
Age years (median, min-max) 53 (20–69)
Causes of cirrhosis n (%)
Alcohol 81 (40.5)
Virus 76 (38)
other 43 (21.5)
MELD score (median, min-max) 14 (6–40)
Sodium serum concentration mmol/L(median, min-max) 137 (122–146)
MELD-Na score (median, min-max) 16 (4–55)
Refractory ascites n (%) 60 (30)
FGF23 RU/ml (median, min-max) 241 (5–17620)
Normal value<120 RU/ml
Phosphate mmol/L (median, min-max) 0.95 (0.53–1.86)
Normal values: 0.80–1.40 mmol/L
Glomerular filtration rate ml/min(median, min-max) 93 (12–178)
Plasma calcitriol concentration pg/ml(median, min-max) 26 (5–117)
Normal values: 15–50 pg/ml