Table 3.
Protein intake in different age groups of CKD stage 3–5 patients.
| Age Groups | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <60 | 50–59 | 60–69 | 70–79 | 80–89 | ≥90 | p-Values | |
| N (all: 436) | 62 | 39 | 74 | 106 | 140 | 54 | |
| Creatinine at referral (mg/dL), median (IQR) | 2.76 (2.39) | 2.50 (2.23) | 2.58 (1.32) | 2.20 (1.09) | 2.02 (1.02) | 1.86 (1.08) | <0.001 |
| eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2), median (IQR) | 22 (23) | 24 (22) | 23 (19) | 26 (15) | 26 (15) | 26 (17) | 0.746 |
| Protein intake at baseline (g/kg/24 h), median (IQR) | 1.20 (0.20) | 1.20 (0.18) | 1.10 (0.20) | 1.00 (0.30) | 1.00 (0.30) | 1.00 (0.30) | <0.001 |
| Details of protein intake at baseline: n (%) | 0.227 | ||||||
| ≤0.8 g/kg/day | 2 (3.2%) | 1 (2.6%) | 5 (7.0%) | 9 (9.2%) | 14 (10.4%) | 6 (11.8%) | |
| 0.81–1.19 g/kg/day | 22 (35.5%) | 16 (42.1%) | 38 (52.8%) | 54 (55.1%) | 75 (55.5%) | 28 (54.9%) | |
| ≥1.2 g/kg/day | 33 (53.2%) | 21 (55.3%) | 29 (40.2%) | 35 (35.7%) | 46 (34.1%) | 17 (33.3%) |
IQR: interquartile range; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate according to the CKD-EPI formula. In bold, significant differences.