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. 2018 Jul 6;11(5):616–622. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfy051

Table 5.

Characteristics predictive of complication in native biopsies

Complication status None Complication P
n = 767 717 50
Fellow (%) 90 98 0.08
Age (years) 47 ± 17 49 ± 17 0.32
Male (%) 40 18 0.002
Race (%)
 White 36 18 0.01
 Black 44 60 0.03
 Hispanic 15 22 0.22
 Asian/other 5 0 0.17
BP (mmHg)
 Systolic 133 ± 18 141 ± 22 0.003
 >140 mmHg (%) 30 44 0.01
 Diastolic 79 ± 13 83 ± 13 0.02
SCr (mg/dL) 2.2 ± 2.0 3.5 ± 3.5 0.01
 >1.5 mg/dL (%) 45 64 0.01
PTT (s) 27 ± 5.0 28 ± 3.8 0.16
 >33 s (%) 8 4 0.42
BT (min) 7.2 ± 1.9 8.1 ± 1.8 0.0002
 >9 min 9 16 0.13
Pre-PRB Hgb (g/dL) 11.8 ± 2.1 10.2 ± 1.7 <0.0001
 <9.0 g/dL (%) 9 24 0.003
 9.0–11.0 g/dL (%) 29 48 0.006
 >11.0 g/dL (%) 62 28 <0.0001
Post-PRB Hgb (g/dL) 10.9 ± 2.0a 8.2 ± 1.6 <0.0001
Change in Hgb (g/dL) 0.9 ± 1.1a 2.0 ± 1.2 <0.0001
 >1 g/dL (%) 40 82 <0.0001
 >2 g/dL (%) 9 42 <0.0001
 >3 g/dL (%) 1 16 <0.0001
 >4 g/dL (%) 0.8 0.2 0.38
Passes 2.9 ± 1.0b 3.2 ± 1.3 0.21
Cores 2.3 ± 0.6c 2.4 ± 0.8 0.45
a

Available in 709.

b

Available in 240 biopsies.

c

Available in 432 biopsies.

Data are presented as mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated.