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. 2013 May 23;8(9):1515–1523. doi: 10.2215/CJN.10491012

Table 1.

Clinical data

Clinical Characteristic All Patients (N=474) AL/AH/AHL (n=407) AA
(n=33) ALECT2 (n=13) AFib
(n=6) P Value
(4 Way)
Age (yr) 63 (11–89) 64 (25–85) 52 (11–83) 68 (56–71) 60 (47–67) 0.004a
Sex (male/female) 290/184 (61/39) 243/164 (60/40) 23/10 (70/30) 9/4 (69/31) 5/1 (83/17) 0.50
Serum creatinine 1.3 (0.9–2.3) 1.2 (0.9–2.1) 2.4 (1.5–3.5) 3.1 (2.1–3.6) 4.1 (2.6–6.2) <0.001b
Renal insufficiency 240/461 (52) 186/396 (47) 26/32 (81) 12 (92) 4 (83) <0.001c
Serum creatinine >2 mg/dl 144/461 (31) 103/396 (26) 20/32 (63) 10 (77) 3/5 (67) <0.001d
24-h urine protein 6 (3.4–10.0) 6.2 (3.5–10.0) 4.1 (2.9–11.5) 4.1 (1.0–5.2) 3.4 (2.9–4.2) 0.02e
Serum albumin 2.5 (1.9–3.1) 2.4 (1.9–3.0) 2.7 (1.7–3.0) 3.4 (3.2–3.8) 3.5 (3.2–3.7) <0.001f
Peripheral edema 345/441 (78) 310/375 (83) 17/25 (68) 4/12 (33) 5 (83) 0.001g
Full nephrotic syndrome 268/414 (65) 244/360 (68) 13/24 (54) 2/12 (17) 1 (17) <0.001h

Data are expressed as the median (interquartile range), ratio (%), or n (%). AL/AH/AHL, light chain/heavy chain/heavy and light chain amyloidosis; AA, AA amyloidosis; ALECT2, leukocyte chemotactic factor 2 amyloidosis; AFib, fibrinogen A α-chain amyloidosis.

a

Post hoc subtype analysis: AA versus others, P<0.001; AA versus AL/AH/AHL, P=0.004; AA versus ALECT2, P=0.001; AL/AH/AHL versus others, P=0.002.

b

Post hoc subtype analysis: AA versus AL/AH/AHL, P<0.001; AL/AH/AHL versus others, P<0.001; AL/AH/AHL versus ALECT2, P=0.001; AL/AH/AHL versus AFib, P=0.01.

c

Post hoc subtype analysis: AA versus AL/AH/AHL; P<0.001; AL/AH/AHL versus others, P<0.001; AL/AH/AHL versus ALECT2, P<0.001; AL/AH/AHL versus AFib, P=0.01; ALECT2/AFib versus AL/AH/AHL/AA, P=0.01.

d

Post hoc subtype analysis: AA versus AL/AH/AHL, P<0.001; AL/AH/AHL versus ALECT2, P<0.001; AL/AH/AHL versus AFib, P=0.05; AL/AH/AHL versus others, P<0.001; ALECT2 versus others, P<0.001; AFib versus others, P=0.07.

e

Post hoc subtype analysis: AL/AH/AHL versus others, P=0.01; ALECT2 versus others, P=0.03; AFib versus others, P=0.06.

f

Post hoc subtype analysis: AL/AH/AHL versus others, P=0.01; ALECT2 versus others, P=0.001; AFib versus others, P=0.003.

g

Post hoc subtype analysis: AL/AH/AHL versus others, P<0.001; ALECT2 versus others, P=0.001.

h

Post hoc subtype analysis: AL/AH/AHL versus others, P<0.001; ALECT2 versus others, P=0.001; AFib versus others, P=0.02.