Soluble α-Klotho Serum Levels in Chronic Kidney Disease

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the CKD patients.

	CKD
Number of patients	68
M/F	37/31
Mean age, years	58 ± 15
eGFR, mL/min	45 ± 21
Mean body mass index	27 ± 4
Diabetes, number (%)	7 (10%)
Renal diagnosis
Glomerulonephritis/vasculitis	16 (24%)
Interstitial nephritis	15 (22%)
Hypertensive/large vessel disease	18 (26%)
Hereditary nephropathy	4 (6%)
Unknown or missing data	15 (22%)
Therapies
ACE inhibitor	28 (41%)
Angiotensin II receptor blockade	13 (19%)
Beta blocker	15 (22%)
Diuretic	10 (15%)
Insulin or oral hypoglycemic agent	6 (9%)

Values are mean ± standard deviation.
M/F: men/female; eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate; ACE: angiotensin converting enzyme.