Pruritus Features in Children with End-Stage Renal Disease Underwent Dialysis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Laboratory parameters and continuous variables chronic kidney disease (CKD) children with pruritus according to the total pruritus score.

Variables		Pruritus										value
		Mean	SD	Med	Min	Max	Mean	SD	Med	Min	Max
		Age (year)		11	3.67	10	3	16	12.24	3.63	13		4	18	0.36
Duration of dialysis (months)		32.77	26.87	24	9	108	34.94	21.24	36	12	96	0.51
Age of onset of dialysis (year)		8.55	4.24	8	0	14	9.51	4.16	10	0	15	0.54
Serum BUN (mg/dl)	Mean	54.85	24.38	52	24	114	52.06	24.73	46	24	124	0.76
	Min	43.15	17.84	41	15	82	37.29	18.94	32	16	92	0.39
	Max	70.62	34.02	63	32	154	67	32.75	63	25	148	0.77
Serum Cr (mg/dl)	Mean	6.68	2.51	6.20	2.40	11.30	6.93	2.68	6.80	1.35	10.60	0.79
	Min	5.80	2.32	5.90	2.00	11.00	5.85	2.50	5.70	1.30	10.20	0.96
	Max	7.90	2.96	7.90	3.30	13.30	8.06	3.04	8.50	1.40	11.90	0.89
Serum Ca (mg/dl)	Mean	8.76	0.92	8.80	7.20	10.10	9.41	0.83	9.30	8.20	11.40	0.05
	Min	7.82	1.11	8.30	6.20	9.40	8.71	1.05	8.80	7.20	10.80	0.03
	Max	9.70	1.22	9.60	7.50	12.10	10.09	0.80	9.70	9.30	12.00	0.30
Serum P (mg/dl)	Mean	5.80	1.97	5.50	2.70	9.20	5.14	0.94	5.10	3.70	7.10	0.23
	Min	4.68	0.96	4.70	3.20	7.30	4.54	0.65	4.70	3.20	5.50	0.97
	Max	7.22	2.29	7.80	4.10	11.80	6.20	1.37	5.90	4.60	10.00	0.14
Serum PTH (ng/ml)	Mean	475.8	327.13	368	92	1079	562.07	309.26	660	140	1077	0.51
	Min	374.91	322.6	178	92	1030	498.9	294.05	536	122	1029	0.33
	Max	576.82	369.8	594	92	1128	625.3	340.4	710	140	1125	0.74
Serum Ca×P		50.87	17.93	47.85	26.19	75.44	48.80	11.66	47.50	30.34	68.40	0.71

BUN: blood urea nitrogen; Cr: creatinine; Ca: calcium; P: phosphorus; PTH: parathyroid hormone; Med: median; Min: minimum; Max: maximum.