Table 3.
Half-Life Estimates by Sex, Race and Age
| N | Half-Life Point Estimate (95% CI) Creatinine-corrected |
Half-Life Point Estimate (95% CI) Creatinine-uncorrected |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All subjects | 49* | 17.9 (16.5, 19.3) | 17.9 (16.5, 19.3) | |
| Sex Male | 25* | 18.4 (17.1, 19.7) | 18.5 (17.1, 19.9) | |
| Female | 24 | 17.4 (15.2, 19.6) | 17.4 (14.8, 19.6) | |
| Race | ||||
| White# | 12 | 17.5 (15.5, 19.5) | 17.7 (15.3, 20.1) | |
| Black | 29* | 18.1 (16.4, 19.8) | 17.7 (15.9, 19.5) | |
| Mixed | 8 | 18.2 (15.4, 21.0) | 18.8 (14.1, 23.5) | |
| Age Groups | ||||
| < 1 year old (y.o.) | 11 | 15.7 (13.6, 17.8) | 13.7 (12.0, 15.4) | |
| 1–1.9 y.o. | 7* | 18.5 (15.9, 21.1) | 18.4 (16.3, 20.5) | |
| 2–2.9 y.o. | 8 | 18.5 (15.6, 21.4) | 10.5 (7.0, 14.0) | |
| 3–3.9 y.o. | 8 | 17.2 (13.6, 20.8) | 16.8 (13.6, 20.6) | |
| 4–4.9 y.o. | 7 | 18.6 (15.7, 21.5) | 20.0 (16.0, 24.0) | |
| 5–6 y.o. | 8 | 19.3 (16.8, 21.8) | 19.6 (16.4, 22.8) | |
*
One 18-month old black male was excluded from the creatinine corrected urine half-life calculation because of missing creatinine levels, for a total of 48 subjects with the creatinine corrected results.
#
Included Hispanic-Whites