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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Can J Cardiol. 2019 Feb 7;35(9):1097–1105. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.01.022

Table 3.

Safety Endpoints By Baseline Renal Function

High-dose Spironolactone
GFR ≤50 (N=60)
GFR 51-71 (N=55)
GFR ≥72 (N=67)
Usual Care
GFR ≤50 (N=58)
GFR 51-71 (N=65)
GFR ≥72 (N=55)
P value Interaction P value
Inpatient (i.e., study treatment phase)
96-h change in serum potassium (mEq/L) 0.948
  GFR ≤50 0.10 (−0.10, 0.70) 0.10 (−0.30, 0.60) 0.582
  GFR 51-71 0.40 (0.00, 0.70) 0.20 (−0.30, 0.50) 0.157
  GFR ≥72 0.40 (0.00, 0.60) 0.10 (−0.40, 0.80) 0.316
96-h change in serum creatinine (mg/dL) 0.182
  GFR ≤50 0.20 (−0.10, 0.40) 0.13 (−0.04, 0.41) 0.777
  GFR 51-71 0.20 (0.04, 0.46) 0.04 (0.00, 0.30) 0.133
  GFR ≥72 0.00 (−0.09, 0.11) 0.12 (−0.01,0.20) 0.026
96-h change in GFR (mL/min/1.732) 0.033
  GFR ≤50 −4.09 (−9.58, 3.96) −4.74 (−10.10, 1.33) 0.765
  GFR 51-71 −9.35 (−17.43, −1.88) −1.58 (−13.55, 0.00) 0.118
  GFR ≥72 0.00 (−11.70, 13.01) −10.05 (−19.16, 0.84) 0.053
30-day Adverse Event Rates
Serious Adverse Event 0.682
  GFR ≤50 11 (18.3) 5 (8.6) 0.123
  GFR 51-71 4 (7.3) 4 (6.2) 1.000
  GFR ≥72 6 (9.0) 4 (7.3) 1.000
Hyperkalemia ≥5.5 mEq/L --
  GFR ≤50 1 (1.7) 0 (0.0) --
  GFR 51-71 0 (0.0) 1 (1.5) --
  GFR ≥72 0 (0.0) 1 (1.8) --

Data expressed as median (25th,75th). Data derived from patients with complete data for each endpoint (i.e., no imputation). Change refers to change in measure from baseline to 96-hours or hospital discharge, whichever occurred first.

GFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate