Table 1.
Demographic characteristics, staging, and laboratory parameters of CKD patients with and without tuberculosis.
| Parameters | CKD with TB | CKD without TB | p value |
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| Age | 44 ± 14 | 52 ± 18 | <0.001 |
| Male-to-female ratio | 2.7 : 1 | 1.7 : 1 | 0.0001 |
| Duration of CKD diagnosis in months | 23.46 ± 23 | 15.7 ± 21.8 | 0.02 |
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| CKD stage | |||
| Stage 3 | 3 | 15 | 0.0001 |
| Stage 4 | 8 | 43 | 0.0001 |
| Stage 5 | 9 | 99 | 0.0001 |
| Stage 5D | 35 | 189 | 0.0001 |
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| Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) | 35 | 185 | 0.0001 |
| Peritoneal dialysis | None | 4 | 0.0001 |
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| Duration of MHD | |||
| <6 months | 17 | 155 | 0.0001 |
| 6 to 12 months | 8 | 15 | 0.0001 |
| >12 months | 10 | 15 | 0.0001 |
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| Session of MHD per week | |||
| One/week | 1 | 2 | 0.25 |
| Two/week | 32 | 175 | 0.0001 |
| Three/week | 2 | 8 | 0.0001 |
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| Hemoglobin (gm/dL) | 8.21 | 8.6 | 0.1 |
| Hematocrit (%) | 26.46 | 26.91 | 0.55 |
| Total leukocyte count (per microlitre) | 10267 | 8679 | 0.04 |
| Urea (mmol/L) | 26.36 | 27.27 | 0.61 |
| Creatinine (umol/L) | 752.83 | 781.1 | 0.64 |
| iPTH (pg/dL) | 251.43 | 328.61 | 0.036 |
| Phosphorus (mg/dL) | 4.76 | 4.61 | 0.65 |
| Vitamin D (ng/dL) | 24.45 | 28.48 | 0.06 |
| Uric acid (umol/L) | 425.12 | 448.92 | 0.34 |
| Albumin (gm/L) | 31.69 | 33.40 | 0.06 |
| Corrected calcium (mmol/L) | 2.02 | 1.92 | 0.02 |