Table 2.

Comparison of clinical data between genders

	Normal range	Male, n = 94	Female, n = 91	P
Age at diagnosis, y	—	10 (1–59)	13 (1–78)	0.07
pH	7.35–7.45	7.47 (7.37–7.6)	7.47 (7.24–7.66)	0.88
HCO3, mmol/l	22–26	29.9 (22.3–38.6)	29.8 (21.8–37.3)	0.41
Serum K, mEq/l	3.5–5.3	2.5 (1.2–3.7)	2.6 (1.5–3.8)	0.14
Serum Mg, mg/dl	1.7–2.3	1.7 (0.9–2.7)	1.6 (0.6–2.6)	0.03a
Renin activity, ng/ml per hour	0.2–2.7	15.0 (1.2–400)	12.0 (0.3–210)	0.08
Aldosterone, pg/ml	20–130	195.0 (5.1–1870)	165.5 (27.2–1730)	0.35
Urine Ca/Cre	0.05–0.2	0.01 (0–0.18)	0.01 (0–0.21)	0.26
FENa, %	<1.0	0.56 (0.17–2.19)	0.57 (0.049–1.82)	0.69
FECl, %	—	0.975 (0.018–12.6)	0.91 (0.1–2.6)	0.95
FEK, %	4–16	13.92 (4.61–61.87)	11.81 (2.87–32.3)	0.19
FeMg, %	1.4–2.0	2.56 (0.04–24.3)	3.1 (0.36–30.74)	0.06

FECl, fractional excretion of chloride; FEK, fractional excretion of potassium; FEMg, fractional excretion of magnesium; FENa, fractional excretion of sodium; Urine Ca/Cre, urinary calcium creatinine ratio.

^aSignificant difference.