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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Hematol. 2016 Aug 20;95(12):2009–2015. doi: 10.1007/s00277-016-2795-7

Table 1.

Characteristic All patients (n=167) Hypoalbuminemia (n=32) Normal (n=135) p-value
Age at Diagnosis-year (range) 51.3 (18.5–83.7) 55.8 (20.6–78.2) 49.1 (18.5–83.7) 0.07
Gender-male-no. (%) 104 (62.3) 18 (56.3) 86 (63.7) 0.54
Median Length of Stay-days (range) 6 (2–164) 14 (3–164) 5 (2–97) <0.001
Race
Caucasian-no. (%) 128 (76.6) 25 (78.1) 103 (76.3) 0.45
Asian-no. (%) 20 (12) 2 (6.3) 18 (13.3)
Black-no. (%) 15 (9) 4 (12.5) 11 (8.1)
Latino/Hispanic-no. (%) 2 (1.2) 0 (0) 2 (1.5)
Other-no. (%) 2 (1.2) 1 (3.1) 1 (0.7)
Service
Leukemia-no. (%) 41 (24.6) 7 (21.9) 34 (25.2) 0.82
Lymphoma-no. (%) 126 (75.4) 25 (78.1) 101 (74.8)
Factors effecting methotrexate clearance
Presence of Edema-no. (%) 20 (12) 8 (25) 12 (8.9) 0.029
Presence of Ascites/Pleural Effusion-no. (%) 13 (7.8) 8 (25) 5 (3.7) 0.001
Presence of Fluid Retention-no. (%) 27 (16.2) 11 (34.4) 16 (11.9) 0.006
Use of Concomitant Nephrotoxic Agents-no. (%) 40 (24) 13 (40.6) 27 (20) 0.021
Drug Interactions-no. (%) 100 (59.9) 23 (71.9) 77 (57) 0.16
Urine pH < 7 47 (28.1) 8 (25) 39 (28.9) 0.83
Baseline Kidney Impairment 57 (34.1) 11 (34.4) 46 (34.1) 1.00
Baseline median creatinine-g/dL 0.8 (0.3–1.5) 0.7 (0.4–1.3) 0.8 (0.3–1.5) 0.17
Baseline median creatinine clearance-mL/min 107.9 (46.2–279) 114.3 (49.7–180.5) 106.3 (46.2–279) 0.69
Dosing category
Low-high dose methotrexate (1–2.9 g/m2)-no (%) 46 (27.5) 11 (34.4) 35 (25.9) 0.40
Intermediate-high dose methotrexate (3–5.9 g/m2)-no (%) 100 (59.9) 19 (59.4) 81 (60)
High-high dose methotrexate (≥6 g/m2)-no (%) 21 (12.6) 2 (6.3) 19 (14.1)