Research Article

The Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease and Short-Term Treatment with Rosiglitazone on Plasma Cell-Free DNA Levels

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study population by CKD stage.

CKD stage
2 3 4 5
Median (SD)Median (SD)Median (SD)Median (SD)

cfDNA (ng/mL) 8.4 (2.80)7.9 (3.87)6.8 (3.05)7.7 (4.86)
hsCRP (mg/L)1.28 (2.38)1.79 (2.25)1.58 (1.85)1.14 (1.66)
vWF (%)126 (26.5)135 (35.6)138.5 (27.9)129 (22.4)
IL-1 (pg/mL)0.21 (2.3)0.15 (0.78)0.16 (0.79)0.17 (0.55)
IL-6 (pg/mL)1.57 (3.8)1.3 (5.2)1.7 (2.2)1.52 (3.7)
IL-8 (pg/mL)2.16 (3.7)2.66 (5.1)2.94 (4.3)2.91 (6.01)
TNF (pg/mL)2.30 (11.3)5.40 (8.5)4.66 (9.64)5.40 (11.7)