Table 2. Patient characteristics by CKD - patients with BNP > 1,000 (pg/mL).
| No CKD(n = 24) | CKD(n = 93) | P-Value | |
| Age (years) | 70.2 (13.5) | 67.7 (16.3) | 0.493L |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 13 (54.2%) | 54 (58.1%) | 0.731C |
| Male | 11 (45.8%) | 39 (41.9%) | |
| BNP | 1677 (608) | 2101 (1063) | 0.064L |
| eGFR | 81.9 (17.6) | 29.9 (17.5) | <0.001L |
| Creatinine | 0.9 (0.16) | 3.2 (2.5) | <0.001L |
| BUN | 15.5 (6.7) | 38.8 (22.6) | <0.001L |
| Glucose | 139.8 (46.8) | 147.7 (79) | 0.857L |
| Hematocrit | 35.4 (5) | 32.7 (7.3) | 0.043F |
| Hemoglobin | 11.7 (1.8) | 10.7 (2.4) | 0.025F |
| Troponin | 0.4 (1.5) | 0.1 (0.2) | 0.697L |
| Echocardiographic measures | |||
| LVEF | 55.4 (9.3) | 59.0 (7.7) | 0.077F |
| RA | 43.5 (12.3) | 42.6 (10.2) | 0.712F |
| LA | 45.2 (8.9) | 44.3 (8.3) | 0.613F |
| AO | 32.8 (4.9) | 31.9 (5.8) | 0.484F |
| RVD | 38.4 (12.1) | 37.2 (12.3) | 0.666F |
| LVD | 45.9 (8.7) | 47.2 (8) | 0.504F |
| LVS | 28.9 (9.4) | 32.2 (8.4) | 0.088F |
| Fractional shortening | 38.2 (11.1) | 33.7 (13) | 0.110F |
| IVS | 12.8 (2.7) | 12.3 (2.7) | 0.383L |
| EA ratio | 1.0 (0.6) | 1.4 (0.7) | 0.011L |
| LV mass | 335.8 (138.9) | 273.8 (106.5) | 0.018L |
F = P-value for global test of any differences between BNP categories from ANOVA F-test. L = P-value from ANOVA F-test, data log transformed prior to analysis. C = P-value from chi-square test. K = P-value from Kruskal-Wallis test.
Abbreviations and units same as Table 1.