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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 4.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Pediatr. 2017 Nov 6;171(11):e172914. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.2914

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics by Study and Total Samples

Characteristic Mean (SD)
All Patients
Patients With eGFR >40 mL/min/1.73 m2
All 4C Study14,15 ESCAPE Trial3 All 4C Study14,15 ESCAPE Trial3
Total No. 898 642 256 269 100 169
Age, y 11.9 (3.5) 12.2 (3.3) 11.2 (3.9) 11.6 (3.7) 12.7 (3.0) 11.0 (3.9)
Male, No. (%) 560 (62.4) 414 (64.5) 146 (57.0) 165 (61.3) 72 (72.0) 93 (55.0)
    Diagnosis, No. (%)
    CAKUT, refluxive/obstructive 427 (47.6) 323 (50.3) 104 (40.6) 123 (45.7) 59 (59.0) 64 (37.9)
    CAKUT, other 210 (23.4) 124 (19.3) 86 (33.6) 79 (29.4) 17 (17.0) 62 (36.7)
    Glomerulopathies 69 (7.7) 53 (8.3) 16 (6.3) 16 (5.9) 6 (6.0) 10 (5.9)
    Tubulointerstitial disease 92 (10.2) 70 (10.9) 22 (8.6) 19 (7.1) 8 (8.0) 11 (6.5)
    Post-AKI 42 (4.7) 30 (4.7) 12 (4.7) 14(5.2) 4 (4.0) 10 (5.9)
    Other 58 (6.5) 42 (6.5) 16 (6.3) 18 (6.7) 6 (6.0) 12 (7.1)
Follow-up, y 3.2 (2.1) 2.7 (1.9) 4.4 (1.9) 4.4 (1.9) 3.3 (1.8) 5.1 (1.6)
BMI 18.3 (3.9) 18.5 (3.9) 17.9 (3.7) 18.2 (3.7) 18.5 (3.7) 18.1 (3.8)
    SDS 0.07 (1.43) 0.16 (1.53) −0.17 (1.09) −0.07 (1.16) −0.05 (1.29) −0.08 (1.08)
Height, cm 140 (21) 141 (20) 139 (22) 142 (22) 147 (19) 140 (23)
    SDS −1.38 (1.43) −1.40 (1.40) −1.31 (1.50) −1.03 (1.33) −1.00 (1.21) −1.04 (1.40)
Systolic BP, mm Hg 113 (15) 112 (15) 116 (14) 114 (14) 111 (13) 115.6 (14.3)
    SDS 0.73 (1.32) 0.75 (1.36) 0.66 (1.20) 0.53 (1.09) 0.45 (1.11) 0.58 (1.08)
Diastolic BP, mm Hg 69 (12) 69 (12) 70.8 (12) 70 (11) 69 (10) 71.5 (11.2)
    SDS 0.78 (1.14) 0.65 (1.07) 1.11 (1.23) 0.92 (1.06) 0.56 (0.86) 1.13 (1.10)
suPAR, pg/mL 6072 (2247) 6144 (2361) 5891(1925) 5205 (1556) 4638 (1139) 5541 (1671)
eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2 34.0 (15.9) 28.8 (11.7) 47.2 (17.3) 54.1 (11.4) 48.9 (10.0) 57.2 (11.0)
Proteinuria, No. (%)a 664 (74.5) 525 (82.2) 139 (56.3) 137 (51.5) 61 (61.0) 76 (45.8)
Serum cholesterol level, mg/dL 183 (52) 181 (52) 188 (51) 180 (50) 173 (49) 185 (51)
Serum albumin level, g/dL 4.0 (0.6) 3.9 (0.6) 4.2 (0.5) 4.1 (0.5) 4.0 (0.5) 4.2 (0.5)
Serum bicarbonate level, mEq/L 21.7 (3.70) 21.2 (3.8) 22.7 (3.0) 23.1 (3.0) 22.7 (3.2) 23.3 (2.9)

Abbreviations: AKI, acute kidney injury; BMI, body mass index, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared; BP, blood pressure; CAKUT, congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rates; SDS, standard deviation score; suPAR, soluble urokinase receptor.SI conversion factor: To convert cholesterol level to millimoles per liter, multiplyby 0.0259; to convert albumin level to grams per liter, multiply by 10; to convert bicarbonate level to millimoles per liter, multiply by 1.

a

Defined by urinary protein excretion level≥0.5 g/g creatinine or urinary albumin excretion level≥50mg/g creatinine.