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. 2017 Jul 13;12(7):e0181123. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181123

Table 1. Baseline characteristics.

Patient characteristics N = 200
Recipient age–years 53 (42, 67)
Male gender–no. (%) 120 (59.7)
White race–no. (%) 164 (82.0)
Diabetes–no. (%) 77 (38.5)
Hypertension–no. (%) 189 (94.5)
Cause of end stage renal disease–no. (%)
Diabetes: 54 (27.0)
Glomerular disease: 47 (23.5)
PCKD: 17 (8.5)
Other: 82 (41.0)
Re-transplants–no. (%) 39 (19.5)
Dialysis at the time of evaluation–no. (%) 119 (59.5)
Dialysis time (median months, interquartile range) 26 (11, 44.5)
History of cardiovascular events (CVE)–no. (%) 67 (33.5)
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH)–no. (%) 68 (42.5)
Positive stress echocardiogram–no. (%) 24 (15.6)
All-cause mortality–no. (%) 15 (7.5)
Composite outcome (CVE and/or death) 38 (19.0)
Transplant approval–no. (%) 166 (83.4)
Transplanted–no. (%) 84 (42.6)
Laboratory data median (interquartile range)
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 11 (10.1, 11.9)
Serum albumin (g/dL) 4.2 (3.9, 4.4)
Uric acid (g/dL) 6.5 (5.2, 8.2)
Phosphorus (mg/dL) 4.8 (4.1, 5.6)
Parathyroid hormone 201.5 (107, 354)
Creatinine (mg/dL) 5.7 (4, 8.8)
C-reactive protein (mg/L) 2.7 (1.1, 7.4)
Cardiac troponin T (ng/mL) 0.02 (0.005, 0.05)
Soluble ST2 (ng/mL) 27.8 (19.3, 37.8)