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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Haematol. 2021 Aug 16;195(1):123–132. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17723

Table 2:

Association of Baseline Laboratory and Clinical Variables with Hyperfiltration

All Sickle Cell Disease Test for
Interaction
HbSS/HbSβ°-Thalassemia HbSC/HbSβ+-Thalassemia
Variable OR (95% CI) p p OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p
Age 0.87 (0.85 - 0.90) <0.0001 0.20 0.85 (0.81 - 0.89) <0.0001 0.89 (0.84 - 0.95) 0.0003
Male sex 0.43 (0.26 - 0.68) 0.0004 0.16 0.49 (0.27 - 0.87) 0.01 0.20 (0.07 - 0.61) 0.005
White blood cell count 1.08 (0.99 - 1.17) 0.07 0.028 0.95 (0.84 - 1.06) 0.3 1.17 (0.97 - 1.40) 0.1
Hemoglobin 0.73 (0.62- 0.86) 0.0001 0.29 1.03 (0.80 - 1.32) 0.8 0.80 (0.50 - 1.29) 0.4
Reticulocyte count* 1.05 (1.02 - 1.08) 0.002 0.15 1.00 (0.97 - 1.04) 0.9 1.07 (0.96 - 1.18) 0.2
Hemoglobin F 1.03 (0.96 -1.10) 0.5 0.096 0.99 (0.91 - 1.08) 0.9 0.64 (0.35 - 1.18) 0.1
Ferritin* 1.00 (1.00 - 1.01) 0.3 0.0054 1.00 (1.00 - 1.00) 0.7 1.08 (1.00 - 1.17) 0.04
Lactate dehydrogenase* 1.01 (1.00 - 1.02) 0.03 0.0040 1.00 (0.99 - 1.01) 0.5 1.04 (1.01 - 1.07) 0.02
Total bilirubin 1.36 (1.13 - 1.63) 0.0009 0.81 1.16 (0.94 - 1.43) 0.2 1.10 (0.48 - 2.56) 0.8
Direct bilirubin 0.51 (0.01 - 29.64) 0.7 0.88 2.19 (0.00 - 1000.00) 0.9 N/A
Indirect bilirubin 1.78 (0.98 - 3.25) 0.06 0.51 1.61 (0.67 - 3.87) 0.3 0.42 (0.02 - 7.59) 0.6
Hemoglobinuria 0.34 (0.10 - 1.63) 0.2 *** 0.18 (0.04 - 0.83) 0.03 ***
Proteinuria 0.76 (0.25 - 2.34) 0.6 0.41 0.41 (0.12 - 1.44) 0.2 1.71 (0.04 - 68.46) 0.8
Systolic blood pressure* 0.80 (0.65 – 0.98) 0.03 0.39 0.85 (0.66 - 1.10) 0.2 1.02 (0.67 - 1.56) 0.9
Diastolic blood pressure* 0.77 (0.61 - 0.97) 0.02 0.26 0.78 (0.60 - 1.02) 0.07 1.08 (0.67 - 1.73) 0.7
Weight 0.95 (0.93 - 0.97) <0.0001 0.31 0.96 (0.93 - 0.99) 0.004 0.98 (0.95 - 1.01 0.2
Height 1.03 (0.97 - 1.11) 0.3 0.38 1.07 (0.96 - 1.19) 0.2 0.96 (0.84 - 1.09) 0.5
History of diabetes 0.83 (0.13 - 5.13) 0.8 0.97 2.33 (0.25 - 21.43) 0.5 N/A
History of stroke 0.83 (0.32 - 2.16) 0.7 0.39 0.46 (0.14 - 1.49) 0.2 1.42 (0.15 - 13.42) 0.8
History of acute chest syndrome 2.52 (1.11 - 5.71) 0.03 0.38 0.91 (0.23 - 3.59) 0.9 1.72 (0.46 - 6.50) 0.4
History of avascular necrosis 0.94 (0.43 - 2.05) 0.9 0.13 0.40 (0.14 - 1.17) 0.1 1.85 (0.33 - 10.45) 0.5
History of leg ulcers 0.87 (0.30 - 2.53) 0.8 0.99 0.53 (0.16 - 1.80) 0.3 N/A
ACEi/ARB therapy 0.21 (0.05 - 0.92) 0.04 0.91 0.19 (0.03 - 1.13) 0.07 0.26 (0.02 - 3.72) 0.3
Hydroxyurea therapy 1.95 (1.02 - 3.73) 0.04 0.69 1.33 (0.60 - 2.98) 0.5 1.78 (0.40 - 8.02) 0.5
Chronic RBC transfusion 0.53 (0.11 - 2.51) 0.4 0.98 0.29 (0.05 - 1.80) 0.2 N/A

ACE-I = angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB = angiotensin receptor blocker; RBC = red blood cell

For continuous variables Odds Ratios (OR) are for a one unit change.

All variables (except age and sex) adjusted for age and sex.

*

OR presented per 10 unit change

***

model did not converge given low number of events

Testing for interaction with genotype severity was performed for each variable of interest adjusting for baseline age and sex.