Table 1.

Demographic and anthropometric data of the cohort paediatric pre-dialysis, conservatively managed CKD

Variable	Averages
Age (years)	10.50 (SD ± 4.19)
Gender	Male = 28 (60.87%), Female = 18 (39.13%)
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)	57.35 (SD ± 23.95)
Number of medications	3.89 (SD ± 2.54)
Time since diagnosis (months)	93.27 (SD ± 55.34)
Height SDSa	− 0.65 (IQR = 2.03)
Weight SDS	− 0.43 (SD ± 1.81)
BMI SDS	0.32 (SD ± 1.41)
MUAC SDS	0.52 (SD ± 0.92)
HtWR	0.49 (SD ± 0.07)

CKD chronic kidney disease, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, MUAC mid-upper arm circumference, SD standard deviation, SDS standard deviation score, WHtR waist circumference-to-height ratio

^aMedian and interquartile range