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. 2017 Dec 20;12(12):e0188309. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188309

Table 6. Correlations to renal diagnosis, patient sex and patient age.

No. patients (%).

eGFR Primary reason Clinical reasons Biochemical reasons 1° Life-threatening reason
ml/min/1.73 m2 Clinical Biochemical None Some None Some Yes No
Diagnosis
Diabetic 7.8 ±3.2*a 81(77.1)***b 24 11 (10.5 94 19 (18.1) 86 27 (25.7) 78
Polycystic 7.6 ±2.5 17 (51.5) 16 4 (12.1) 29 7 (21.2) 26 8 (24.2) 25
Unknown 7.1 ±2.7 31 (59.6) 21 9 (17.3) 43 9 (17.3) 43 12 (23.1) 40
Chronic interstitial 7.1 ±3.5 26 (61.9) 16 9 (21.3) 33 7 (16.7) 35 10 (23.8) 32
Other 7.1 ±5.7 27 (56.3) 21 9 (18.8) 39 5 (10.4) 43 15 (31.2) 33
Hypertesnive 7.0 ±2.8 48 (60.0) 32 16 (20.0) 64 15 (18.8) 65 15 (18.7) 65
Glomerulonephritis 6.7 ±3.2 50 (58.1) 36 14 (16.3) 72 13 (15.1) 73 15 (17.4) 71
Sex
Male 7.4 ±3.5 171 (62.0) 105 42 (15.2) 234 49 (17.8) 227 70 (25.3) 206
Female 7.0 ±3.2 109 (64.5) 60 30 (17.8) 139 26 (15,4) 143 32 (18.9) 137
Age (years)
<60 7.1 ±3.8 94 (63.1) 55 21 (14.1) 128 17 (11.4) 132 26 (17.5)*c 123
60–71 7.4 ±3.3 91 (64.5) 50 23 (16.3) 118 31 (22.0) 110 34 (24.1) 107
>71 7.1 ±3.2 91 (61.1) 58 26 (17.5) 123 27 (18.1) 122 42 (28.1) 107

*:p<0.05;

***:p<0.001;

a: see text;

b: versus other diagnoses;

c: versus other age groups.