Table 2 Laboratory findings of peritoneal dialysis patients stratified by kidney size (n = 83).
From: Impact of kidney size on mortality in diabetic patients receiving peritoneal dialysis
Variable | All patients (n = 83) | Diabetes patients with enlarged or normal kidney size (n = 67) | Diabetes patients with small kidney size (n = 16) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Blood urea nitrogen, mg/dL | 70.66 ± 21.58 | 72.25 ± 21.64 | 63.65 ± 19.33 | 0.149 |
Creatinine, mg/dL | 11.32 ± 3.35 | 11.74 ± 3.32 | 9.63 ± 2.82 | 0.022* |
Uric acid, mg/dL | 6.73 ± 1.87 | 6.93 ± 1.94 | 5.93 ± 1.24 | 0.052 |
Sodium, mEq/L | 135.11 ± 3.44 | 135.10 ± 3.46 | 135.13 ± 3.30 | 0.983 |
Potassium, mEq/L | 4.12 ± 1.35 | 4.25 ± 1.43 | 3.58 ± 0.66 | 0.071 |
Corrected calcium, mg/dL | 9.75 ± 0.83 | 9.69 ± 0.85 | 10.01 ± 0.70 | 0.162 |
Inorganic phosphorus, mg/dL | 5.52 ± 1.63 | 5.70 ± 1.68 | 4.81 ± 1.31 | 0.050 |
Fasting glucose, mg/dL | 163.06 ± 71.87 | 164.03 ± 75.18 | 156.88 ± 53.52 | 0.721 |
Glycated hemoglobin, % | 7.20 ± 1.47 | 7.19 ± 1.48 | 7.23 ± 1.35 | 0.939 |
Albumin, g/dL | 3.5 ± 0.53 | 3.60 ± 0.47 | 3.23 ± 0.67 | 0.010* |
Total cholesterol, mg/dL | 180.41 ± 54.90 | 183.45 ± 56.45 | 166.69 ± 44.32 | 0.272 |
Triglyceride, mg/dL | 231.45 ± 257.20 | 231.31 ± 276.30 | 220.81 ± 132.98 | 0.883 |
Aspartate aminotransferase, U/L | 27.65 ± 15.18 | 26.94 ± 14.03 | 30.38 ± 19.23 | 0.417 |
Alanine aminotransferase, U/L | 25.23 ± 20.45 | 25.04 ± 21.46 | 27.00 ± 14.54 | 0.731 |
Intact parathyroid hormone, pg/mL | 283.77 ± 239.04 | 287.71 ± 237.40 | 250.16 ± 238.26 | 0.572 |
Iron, ug/dL | 66.54 ± 27.88 | 67.87 ± 29.31 | 61.50 ± 22.09 | 0.418 |
Total iron binding capacity, ug/dL | 267.41 ± 62.95 | 272.81 ± 63.20 | 247.31 ± 58.54 | 0.146 |
Ferritin, ng/mL | 538.06 ± 601.00 | 528.38 ± 637.81 | 554.53 ± 384.32 | 0.876 |
White blood cell count, 1000/µL | 8.22 ± 2.32 | 8.07 ± 1.92 | 8.92 ± 3.54 | 0.188 |
Red blood cell count, million/dL | 3.90 ± 3.76 | 4.02 ± 4.13 | 3.38 ± 0.48 | 0.453 |
Hemoglobin, g/dL | 9.97 ± 1.40 | 10.07 ± 1.46 | 9.53 ± 1.27 | 0.179 |
Hematocrit, % | 30.15 ± 4.18 | 30.43 ± 4.38 | 28.79 ± 3.87 | 0.172 |
Mean corpuscular volume, % | 87.20 ± 6.18 | 86.89 ± 7.21 | 88.48 ± 6.83 | 0.427 |
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin, pg/cell | 28.90 ± 2.51 | 28.75 ± 2.69 | 29.51 ± 2.42 | 0.303 |
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, g Hb/dL | 22.15 ± 1.14 | 33.10 ± 1.17 | 33.36 ± 1.08 | 0.408 |
Red blood cell distribution width, % | 15.29 ± 2.08 | 15.20 ± 1.91 | 15.83 ± 2.99 | 0.298 |
Platelet count, 1000/µL | 233.87 ± 90.32 | 238.43 ± 89.70 | 212.75 ± 91.55 | 0.308 |
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein, mg/L | 20.22 ± 18.05 | 20.93 ± 44.85 | 16.48 ± 19.21 | 0.649 |
Log (high sensitivity C-reactive protein), mg/L | 0.83 ± 0.58 | 0.80 ± 0.6 | 0.97 ± 0.51 | 0.301 |
