International Scholarly Research Notices

Clinical Study

Decrease Rate of the Renal Diameter in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

Table 2

Possible factors and the alteration rate of renal size.
FactorsAnalysisP Influence
Age   
 Average yearsCorrelation coefficient 0.01Regression No
Gender   
 Male Decrease rate  mm/yearStudent’s t-test No
 Female
Disease   
 CGN + IgA Decrease rate  mm/yearANOVA No
 Diabetes
 HT + others
CGN: chronic glomerulonephritis, IgA: IgA nephropathy, and HT: hypertension.