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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 16.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2015 May 7;66(3):479–488. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.03.013

Table 5.

Common SAEs

FC (n = 289) AC (n = 149) P
Any SAE 39.1 49.0 0.05
Infections and infestations 12.5 18.1 0.1
Surgical and medical procedures 7.6 6.7 0.9
    Kidney transplantation 4.2 4.0 0.9
Vascular 7.3 10.1 0.4
General disorders and administration site 7.3 7.4 0.9
Cardiac 7.3 12.1 0.1
Gastrointestinal 6.9 12.8 0.05
Respiratory, thoracic, and mediastinal 6.6 8.7 0.4
Injury, poisoning, and procedural 5.2 6.7 0.5
Metabolism and nutrition 5.5 6.7 0.7

Note: Values are given as percentages. Common SAE indicates occurring in >5% of participants. Percentage of patients with treatment-emergent SAEs in the indicated categories, including adverse events occurring after study drug initiation and prior to 30 days after discontinuation of study drug. P values were computed using Fisher exact test. The number of participants analyzed includes all who received at least 1 dose of study drug.

Abbreviations: AC, active control; FC, ferric citrate; SAE, serious adverse event.

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