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. 2018 Oct 31;33(53):e298. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e298

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the patients with renal impairment classified by renal impairment severity.

Parameters Renal impairment severity P valuea
Mild Moderate Severe
No. of subjects 21 27 18 -
Age, yra 55.5 ± 13.2 65.4 ± 11.8 56.2 ± 14.7 0.018
Sex, male:femaleb 16:5 19:8 11:7 0.248
Height, cma 167 ± 8.3 160.7 ± 6.0 162 ± 9.8 0.033
Weight, kg 70.2 ± 12.4 64.4 ± 9.0 67.3 ± 16.9 0.341
BUN, mg/dLa 16.6 ± 3.9 19.3 ± 5.1 39.1 ± 13.4 < 0.001
Creatinine, mg/dLa 1.0 ± 0.2 1.5 ± 0.3 3.3 ± 1.3 < 0.001
MDRD eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2a 70.0 ± 8.1 44.0 ± 8.2 20.9 ± 5.4 < 0.001
AST, IU/L 22.2 ± 8.8 22.4 ± 8.6 22.0 ± 8.8 0.891
ALT, IU/L 22.2 ± 14.8 21.5 ± 14.6 21.9 ± 15.0 0.577

All parameters are presented as the mean ± standard deviation.

BUN = blood urea nitrogen, MDRD = modification of diet in renal disease, eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate, AST = aspartate aminotransferase, ALT = alanine aminotransferase.

aP value using one-way analysis of variance; bPearson's χ2.