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. 2015 May 29;16:75. doi: 10.1186/s12882-015-0072-y

Table 4.

Baseline characteristics of SCD patients based on chronic kidney disease status

Variable CKD STATUS
CKD No CKD P-value
(n = 76) (n = 118)
Age (years) 27.53 ± 11.77 20.49 ± 11.48 0.004
Gender 0.516
Male 36 (47.4) 48 (40.7)
Female 40 (52.6) 70 (59.3)
Age group n (%) 0.099
<10 2 (2.6) 24 (20.3)
10-19. 22 (28.9) 36 (30.5)
20-29 28 (36.8) 34 (28.8)
30-39 12 (15.8) 16 (13.6)
≥40 12 (15.8) 8 (6.8)
Blood pressure
SBP 110.76 ± 7.59 109.61 ± 8.72 0.506
DBP 67.13 ± 8.75 67.19 ± 7.96 0.975
BMI (Kg/m2) 18.04 ± 3.59 19.38 ± 14.09 0.560
BMI n (%) 0.871
Underweight 48 (63.2) 78 (66.1)
Normal 24 (31.6) 32 (27.1)
Overweight 4 (5.3) 8 (6.8)
Haematological profile
WBC x 103/mm3 10.71 ± 3.46 11.62 ± 3.46 0.213
RBC x106/mm3 3.22 ± 1.03 3.03 ± 0.95 0.366
HGB (g/dl) 8.94 ± 2.12 10.63 ± 4.80 0.487
HCT (%) 29.78 ± 9.81 24.08 ± 5.50 0.154
PLT x 103/mm3 314.42 ± 142.26 272.85 ± 118.25 0.122

P <0.05 is significant, CKD = Chronic Kidney Disease, SBP = Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP = Diastolic Blood Pressure, BMI = Body Mass Index, eGFR = estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate, WBC = White Blood Cell, RBC = Red Blood Cell, HGB = Haemoglobin, HCT = Haematocrit, PLT = Platelet