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. 2021 Jul 6;25(11):1231–1239. doi: 10.1007/s10157-021-02100-0

Table 4.

Patient characteristic for patients in TKV analysis by CKD stage values

Patient characteristic Entire population CKD stage
G1 + G2 G3a G3b G4
Number of patients n = 253 n = 64 n = 45 n = 66 n = 78
Age (years) 49.1 ± 11.4 40.2 ± 7.8 49.9 ± 10.9 50.0 ± 9.6 55.2 ± 11.2
Sex (Male; %) 49.4 48.4 46.7 51.5 50.0
Height (cm) 165.4 ± 9.3 165.3 ± 8.3 165.7 ± 10.5 165.5 ± 10.0 165.3 ± 9.1
Weight (kg) 64.3 ± 12.9 64.2 ± 13.3 63.6 ± 11.7 65.8 ± 14.6 63.8 ± 12.0
Body mass index (kg/m2) 23.4 ± 4.0 23.4 ± 4.0 22.9 ± 3.1 24.1 ± 5.1 23.2 ± 3.4
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 130.4 ± 15.2 127.1 ± 14.4 131.1 ± 17.5 134.9 ± 16.0 128.9 ± 12.6
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 82.4 ± 11.8 80.8 ± 12.7 83.0 ± 10.7 85.2 ± 12.9 80.8 ± 10.1
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL) 23.0 ± 9.0 15.3 ± 4.1 18.6 ± 4.8 23.0 ± 5.1 31.8 ± 8.9
Serum creatinine level (mg/dL) 1.5 ± 0.7 0.8 ± 0.2 1.1 ± 0.2 1.5 ± 0.3 2.3 ± 0.6
e-GFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) 45.6 ± 22.5 77.6 ± 13.3 51.5 ± 3.9 37.1 ± 4.4 22.7 ± 4.4
Total kidney volume (mL) 2037 ± 1277 1361 ± 453 1856 ± 959 2556 ± 1851 2255 ± 1037
Height-adjusted total kidney volume (mL/m) 1223 ± 781 824 ± 268 1051 ± 501 1569 ± 1154 1375 ± 644
Total administration period (day) 835 ± 360 847 ± 345 922 ± 379 847 ± 353 763 ± 360
Starting dose (mg) 47.6 54.8 52.3 49.3 37.5
Average daily dose (mg/day) 66.0 75.7 74.3 72.8 47.5
Daily dose (most frequent dose) (mg/day) 67.6 76.2 74.0 75.9 50.0
Daily dose (final dose) (mg/day) 70.7 83.0 83.0 79.5 46.0

All values are expressed as mean ± SD, or in the case of sex as percentage of male subjects and dose as mean

Depending on patient characteristics, the patient number may differ because of missing data