Research Article

Comparison of Measured Creatinine Clearance and Clearances Estimated by Cockcroft-Gault and MDRD Formulas in Patients with a Single Kidney

Table 1

Characteristics of the studied population ( ).

Male gender ( [%])11 (30.5)
Black race ( [%])14 (38)
Age (years; mean ± SD, range)50.7 ± 10.6 (29–79)
Time after nephrectomy (years; mean ± SD, range)11.6 ± 9.0 (2 m–38 y)
Body weight (kg; mean ± SD, range)72.8 ± 16.4 (43–119)
BSA (m2; mean ± SD, range)1.74 ± 0.22 (1.27–2.24)
Plasma creatinine (mg/dL; mean ± SD, range)1.3 ± 0.67 (0.8–4.1)
Plasma creatinine >2 mg% ( [%])3 (8.3%)
Measured creatinine clearance:
 First day (mL·min·m2)79.8 ± 4.4
 Second day (mL·min·m2)81.6 ± 4.4

BSA: Body surface area; first versus second day ( ).