TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics of the CKD stages 3 and 4 study subjects

	Calcium acetate (n = 15)	Sevelamer Carbonate (n = 15)
Age, years (mean ± SD)	69.26 ± 8.52	67.40 ± 7.77
Sex, male/female	12/3	13/2
Race, White/Black	12/3	14/1
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)	38.26 ± 11.21	37.60 ± 6.12
Height (cm)	171.60 ± 7.82	172.21 ± 6.80
Weight (kg)	99.11 ± 23.31	103.29 ± 20.13
BMI (kg/m2)	33.60 ± 7.06	35.09 ± 7.92

All the data are mean ± SD.

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.