Research Article
Accumulation of Scandium in Plasma in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure
Table 1
Anthropometric, biochemical, and haematological variables and plasma levels of Sc in patients and controls.
| | | Patients | Controls | | | Mean ± SD | | | | Mean ± SD | | | |
| | Age (years) | | 41 | 59 | 65 | | 30 | 48 | 56 | | Height (m) | | 1.56 | 1.64 | 1.70 | | 1.57 | 1.61 | 1.69 | | Weight (kg) | | 62.0 | 73.0 | 77.8 | | 65.0 | 75.3 | 86.0 | | BMI (kg/m2) | | 23.8 | 26.8 | 30.4 | | 25.3 | 27.5 | 31.9 | | Plasma creatinine (mg/dL) | | 2.57 | 3.32 | 3.98 | | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.85 | | Glomerular filtration rate (mL/min/1.73 m2) | | 17.3 | 22.00 | 28.93 | — | — | — | — | | Cockcroft-Gault index | | 17.9 | 25.68 | 32.06 | | 101 | 110 | 122 | | Plasma urea (mg/dL) | | 76 | 100 | 130 | | 27.0 | 31.0 | 37.0 | | Urea/creatinine ratio | | 27.8 | 32.0 | 38.2 | | 35.5 | 40.0 | 47.7 | | Plasma uric acid (mg/dL) | | 6.3 | 7.4 | 10.1 | | 3.7 | 4.8 | 6.4 | | Plasma total protein (g/dL) | | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.5 | | 6.35 | 6.73 | 6.96 | | RBC (106/L) | | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 | | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | | Hb (g/dL) | | 11.0 | 12.2 | 13.8 | | 13.7 | 14.4 | 15.1 | | Hct (%) | | 34.4 | 37.4 | 41.5 | | 42.0 | 44.2 | 46.8 | | VCM (fL) | | 88.8 | 91.9 | 94.7 | | 89.2 | 93.3 | 97.2 | | HCM (pg) | | 29.0 | 30.0 | 31.0 | | 29.0 | 30.2 | 31.4 | | MCHC (g/dL) | | 32.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | | 31.4 | 32.4 | 33.3 | | Plasma Sc (ng/L) | | 45.7 | 58.9 | 67.9 | | 18.9 | 28.6 | 35.7 |
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Patients versus controls .
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