Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of subjects with and without brain white matter injury

	White matter injury (N = 6)	No white matter injury (N = 23)
Age (Mean ±SD)	14.8 ± 2.8	14.3 ± 2.9
Male Sex (%)	4 (66%)	13 (57%)
CKD Stage (including transplant)
Stage 2	1	7
Stage 3	2	8
Stage 4	1	3
Stage 5	2	5*
Duration of CKD (months), median	62 (12, 120)	97 (57, 158)
(IQR)
Hypertension (%)	2 (33)	15 (65)
Hemoglobin, g/L (±SD)	124.7 ± 19.4	125.4 ± 14.0

Staging of CKD was based on the GFR categories outlined in the KDIGO 2012 clinical practice guideline for the evaluation and management of CKD, combining stage 3a and 3b [33].

^*2/5 were on peritoneal dialysis