Research Article
Relation of Lean Body Mass and Muscle Performance to Serum Creatinine Concentration in Hemodialysis Patients
Table 2
Differences in serum creatinine, age, height, and body mass across tertiles of lean mass in dialysis patients and controls.
| | Parameter | tertile | tertile | tertile | p |
| | Dialysis patients (N=89) | | Lean body mass (kg) | 29.4 (15.1-33.6) | 38.7 (34-44) | 47.9 (44.2-60.4) | <0.001 | | Age (years) | 62.7 (14.8) | 55 (17.1) | 47.8 | 0.001 | | Height (cm) | 161 (8) | 170 (8) | 174 (7) | <0.001 | | Body mass (kg) | 67 (14) | 75 (12) | 81 (17) | 0.001 | | Serum creatinine (μmol/l) | 770 (190) | 893 (219) | 962 (239) | 0.004 |
| | Controls (N=106) | | Lean body mass (kg) | 30.2 (22-31.9) | 35.2 (32.1-40.1) | 50.7 (43.1-70.2) | <0.001 | | Age (years) | 61.4 (12.1) | 54.5 (14.2) | 50.7 (15.7) | 0.007 | | Height (cm) | 161 (5) | 167 (7) | 178 (6) | <0.001 | | Body mass (kg) | 66 (11) | 74 (16) | 87 (16) | <0.001 | | Serum creatinine (μmol/l) | 59 (10) | 58 (11) | 70 (11) | <0.001 |
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Data are presented as mean (SD) and for lean body mass as median (minimum-maximum).
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