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. 2015 Feb 26;30(8):1322–1329. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfv030

Table 2.

Brain volumes and cognitive test results in the full sample and stratified by eGFR and UACR

Parameter All
eGFR ≥ 90 mL/min/1.73 m2 (n = 287)
eGFR 60–89 mL/min/1.73 m2 (n = 145)
eGFR 45–59 mL/min/1.73 m2 (n = 46)
P-value UACR <10 mg/g (n = 246)
UACR 10–29 mg/g (n = 140)
UACR 30–300 mg/g (n = 92)
P-value
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
MRI volumea
 TICV 1339.9 142.5 1334.5 142.6 1357.3 139.0 1318.4 151.3 0.06 1338.1 141.6 1348.4 152.0 1330.8 129.1 0.87
 CSFVb 254.2 44.8 245.7 40.4 267.5 46.3 268.3 54.3 1.5 × 10−7 252.9 42.9 254.8 48.5 257.0 43.9 0.12
 TWMVb 575.2 72.6 573.7 74.0 582.0 70.1 562.7 71.3 0.78 574.6 72.2 580.5 77.7 568.1 64.8 0.58
 TGMVb 510.2 52.0 514.9 51.1 507.8 51.6 485.6 52.9 1.5 × 10−7 510.3 54.1 512.5 51.4 505.7 46.6 0.27
 TWMLVb,c 4.3 6.7 3.2 5.2 5.4 8.4 7.2 8.0 0.0004 4.2 7.1 4.0 6.3 4.8 6.5 0.12
 HWMV 3.4 0.3 3.4 0.3 3.4 0.3 3.3 0.4 0.16 3.4 0.3 3.4 0.3 3.3 0.3 0.68
 HGMV 8.6 1.1 8.8 1.1 8.4 1.0 8.1 1.0 0.0001 8.6 1.1 8.7 1.1 8.6 1.1 0.51
Cognitive test
 RAVLT 41.6 10.2 43.3 10.0 39.5 10.1 38.1 10.0 0.00008 42.0 10.4 41.9 9.7 40.2 10.5 0.19
 Rey total_long 7.4 3.6 7.9 3.5 6.6 3.5 6.2 3.5 0.0001 7.5 3.6 7.3 3.6 7.0 3.5 0.47
 3MSE 90.6 7.1 91.7 6.8 89.6 6.7 86.9 8.5 0.0002 90.8 7.2 90.5 8.1 90.2 7.1 0.75
 Stroopc 35.5 19.9 31.8 15.8 39.4 20.1 46.2 32.8 0.0008 34.0 18.1 35.1 18.3 39.9 25.5 0.12
 Semantic Fluency 15.9 4.4 16.4 4.5 15.3 4.1 14.1 4.5 0.0005 16.1 4.9 15.7 4.0 15.5 3.8 0.26
 DSST 47.8 15.3 50.5 16.1 44.8 13.4 40.6 12.0 3.6 × 10−6 48.8 15.1 46.7 14.8 46.8 16.5 0.16

eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; UACR, urine albumin:creatinine ratio; SD, standard deviation; TICV, total intracranial volume; CSFV, cerebrospinal fluid volume; TWMV, total white matter volume; TGMV, total gray matter volume; TWMLV, total white matter lesion volume; HGMV, hippocampus gray matter volume; HWMV, hippocampus white matter volume; RAVLT, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test; 3MSE, Modified Mini-Mental State Examination; DSST, Digit Symbol Substitution Test.

aMRI volumes expressed in milliliters.

bAdjusted for TICV when calculating P-value using GEE model.

cLog transformed for calculating P-value.