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. 2012 Nov 26;2013:351364. doi: 10.5402/2013/351364

Table 2.

Basic characteristics of remission and no-remission groups.

Remission group No-remission group P
Gender; no. of patients (%) 0.042
 Female 9 (20.9%) 29 (41.4%)
 Male 34 (79.1%) 41 (58.6%)
Age; years 65.8 ± 12.8 (n = 43) 68.6 ± 11.0 (n = 70) 0.221
Underlying disease; no. of patients (%) 0.421
 Non-diabetic 31 (72.1%) 44 (62.9%)
 Diabetic 12 (27.9%) 26 (37.1%)
CKD stage; no. of patients (%) 0.194
 III 5 (11.6%) 3 (4.3%)
 IV 25 (58.1%) 37 (52.9%)
 V 13 (30.2%) 30 (42.9%)
eGFR; mL/min/1.73 m2 20.8 ± 8.6 (n = 43) 17.3 ± 6.1 (n = 70) 0.026
serum creatinine; mg/dL 3.0 ± 1.5 (n = 43) 3.0 ± 1.0 (n = 70) 0.914
Total protein; g/dL 7.2 ± 0.7 (n = 41) 7.0 ± 0.7 (n = 69) 0.126
Albumin; g/dL 3.9 ± 0.6 (n = 39) 3.8 ± 0.5 (n = 66) 0.697
Urea nitrogen; mg/dL 38.7 ± 13.1 (n = 42) 40.6 ± 11.8 (n = 69) 0.433
Uric acid; mg/dl 7.4 ± 2.0 (n = 43) 7.0 ± 1.6 (n = 68) 0.239
Calcium; mg/dL 9.0 ± 0.9 (n = 39) 8.8 ± 0.6 (n = 64) 0.181
Inorganic phosphate; mg/dL 3.7 ± 0.8 (n = 35) 4.0 ± 0.8 (n = 60) 0.201
Total cholesterol; mg/dL 200.5 ± 44.8 (n = 38) 196.3 ± 46.3 (n = 63) 0.652
Urinary protein; g/g·Cr 2.1 ± 2.9 (n = 33) 3.6 ± 3.2 (n = 48) 0.036
Hemoglobin A1c; % 6.5 ± 1.8 (n = 23) 6.2 ± 1.2 (n = 34) 0.400
Hemoglobin; g/dL 11.6 ± 2.0 (n = 41) 10.7 ± 1.9 (n = 69) 0.013
Hematocrit; % 35.7 ± 5.7 (n = 41) 32.9 ± 5.3 (n = 69) 0.009

Data are presented in means ± SD, unless stated otherwise. eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate.