Table 1.
General characteristics of the study groups
| Parameters | KTx group (n = 42) |
Control group (n = 39) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|
| N (males/females) | 27/15 | 22/17 | 0.50 |
| Age (years) | 14.0 ± 3.3 | 13.7 ± 3.5 | 0.71 |
| Height (cm) | 151.4 ± 17.7 | 161.4 ± 18.9 | 0.01 |
| Height Z-score | –1.15 ± 1.37 | 0.73 ± 1.31 | < 0.001 |
| Weight (kg) | 50.6 ± 17.6 | 50.7 ± 16.1 | 0.97 |
| Weigh Z-score | 0.03 ± 0.93 | 0.22 ± 0.70 | 0.30 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 20.0 (14.0–33.7) | 18.0 (15.3–27.1) | 0.04 |
| BMI Z-score | 0.16 (–1.03–3.48) | –0.07(–1.14–1.59) | 0.10 |
| eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2) | 68.42 ± 23.83 | – | |
| CKD stages (n/%) | |||
| I | 7 (16.6%) | – | |
| II | 23 (54.7%) | – | |
| III | 9 (21.4%) | – | |
| IV | 3 (7.1%) | – | |
| HOMA-IR | 2.34 (0.21–11.09) | – | |
| Ca × P (mmol2/l2) | 3.22 (1.91–5.04) | – | |
| PTH (pg/ml) | 74 (31–919) | – |
Data are presented as mean ± SD, median (interquartile range) or number of patients
Values with significant difference are presented in bold
KTx kidney transplantation, N number, Z-score standard deviation score, BMI body mass index