Research Article
The Impact of Bone Mineral Biomarkers on Cardiac Dysfunction in Predialysis Chronic Kidney Disease Children
Table 4
The relation between diastolic dysfunction, patient characteristic, and anthropometric measurements of children with CKD.
| Variable | Group A
| Group B
| value |
| Age/years | | | | | | | 0.58 | Median (range) | 7 (3 : 12) | 7 (2 : 13) | |
| Gender | | | | Female | 16 (50.00%) | 12 (42.86%) | 0.58 | Male | 16 (50.00%) | 16 (57.14%) | |
| Consanguinity | | | | Negative | 17 (53.13%) | 10 (35.71%) | 0.18 | Positive | 15 (46.88%) | 18 (64.29%) | |
| Weight | | | | | | | 0.93 | Median (range) | 18 (10 : 33) | 18.5 (8 : 39) | |
| Height | | | | | | | 0.77 | Median (range) | 112 (84 : 141) | 113.5 (79 : 148) | |
| BMI | | | | | | | 0.89 | Median (range) | 14.75 (12.9 : 17.6) | 15.2 (12.8 : 17.8) | |
| BMI group | | | | Healthy | 10 (31.25%) | 10 (35.71%) | 0.71 | Underweight | 22 (68.75%) | 18 (64.29%) | |
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