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