Research Article

Modified Glomerular Filtration Rate-Estimating Equations Developed in Asiatic Population for Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Sample size209

Age (year) (30–89)
Male/female (%)57.4/42.6
Weight (kg) (41–95)
Height (cm) (142–184)
Body surface area (m2) (1.28–2.15)
Body mass index (kg/m2) (16.4–38.2)
Serum creatinine (mg/dL) (0.4–10.9)
DTPA-GFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) (5.9–116.6)

CKD stages distribution
 Stage 114 (6.7)
 Stage 248 (23.0)
 Stage 3a39 (18.7)
 Stage 3b46 (22.0)
 Stage 447 (22.5)
 Stage 515 (7.2)

DTPA-GFR: technetium—99 m diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid—glomerular filtration rate; CKD: chronic kidney disease.
Results are expressed as mean SD (range) or (%).