Accumulation of Scandium in Plasma in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure

Table 2

Anthropometric, biochemical, and haemogram variables and plasma levels of Sc, by gender and age group.

	Gender				Age groups
	Patients		Controls		Patients		Controls
	Men; 𝑁=26	Women; 𝑁=22	Men; 𝑁=24	Women; 𝑁=29	≤50 years; 𝑁=16	>50 years; 𝑁=32	≤50 years; 𝑁=29	>50 years; 𝑁=24
Age (years)	48.1±18.5	58.1±11.8^b	43.7±13.8	45.3±12.8^a	37.3±12.9	64.6±4.6^c	30.3±5.3^d	54.6±4.6^c,d
Height (m)	1.66±0.08	1.60±0.11	1.66±0.09	1.60±0.08^b	1.65±0.09	1.62±0.10	1.63±0.10	1.62±0.08
Weight (kg)	75.2±15.0	70.4±12.5	74.7±12.4	75.0±13.6	69.5±16.9	74.8±12.2	76.1±14.3	73.3±11.1^c
BMI (kg/m^2)	27.5±5.2	27.7±5.7	27.0±3.1	29.4±5.0^b	25.2±3.9	28.7±5.7^c	28.7±4.8^d	27.9±3.9^d
Plasma creatinine (mg/dL)	3.80±1.20	2.87±1.22^b	0.79±0.14^a	0.76±0.12	3.20±1.29	3.46±1.29	0.79±0.13^d	0.75±0.11^d
Glomerular filtration rate (mL/min/1.73 m^2)	25.3±9.5	21.6±7.8	—	—	28.4±9.2	21.8±8.2^c	—	—
Cockcroft-Gault index	26.9±9.6	32.3±27.0^b	118±22^a	110±18^a	35.8±18.1	26.1±19.7	118±24^d	108±14^c,d
Plasma urea (mg/dL)	107±38	101±42	29.8±5.3^a	33.0±6.3^a	101±51	106±33	29.5±4.8^d	34.0±6.6^c,d
Urea/creatinine ratio	29.5±9.4	35.9±7.4^b	38.9±9.1^a	44.2±10.0^a	32.2±9.3	32.6±9.1	38.1±7.2^d	46.4±10.8^c,d
Plasma uric acid (mg/dL)	7.5±1.2	6.8±1.8	5.6±1.7^a	5.5±1.1^a	7.2±1.1	7.1±1.3	5.9±1.6^d	5.1±1.0^d
Plasma total protein (g/dL)	7.0±0.6	7.1±0.6	6.7±0.3	6.8±0.6	7.1±0.7	7.0±0.6	6.7±0.5^d	6.9±0.5
RBC (×10^6/𝜇L)	4.2±0.4	4.2±0.7	4.9±0.3^a	4.7±0.5^a	4.2±0.5	4.2±0.6	4.8±0.4^d	4.7±0.4^d
Hb (g/dL)	12.5±1.8	12.4±1.9	14.5±1.2^a	14.4±1.8^a	12.2±1.6	12.5±1.9	14.3±0.9^d	14.7±2.1^d
Hct (%)	38.1±4.9	38.1±6.3	44.5±4.1^a	44.8±5.7^a	37.3±4.7	38.4±5.8	43.7±3.2^d	45.9±6.5^d
VCM (fL)	90.1±5.6	92.1±5.1	93.5±7.6	93.3±7.8	89.0±6.6	91.8±4.6	93.6±7.0^d	93.2±8.5
HCM (pg)	29.1±2.7	30.4±1.7	30.6±2.6	30.2±3.0	28.5±3.1	30.1±1.9^c	30.7±2.3^d	29.9±3.3
MCHC (g/dL)	32.6±1.1	32.7±0.5	32.8±1.8	32.3±2.0	32.7±0.8	32.6±0.9	32.9±2.0	32.1±1.6
Plasma Sc (ng/L)	60.8±16.5	51.9±20.8	26.0±10.6^a	30.5±12.7^a	55.1±20.0	59.6±19.1	29.4±11.5^d	27.5±12.9^d

Values are mean ± SD; gender: ^a patients versus controls, ^bmen versus women; age group; ^c ≤50 years versus >50 years, ^dpatients versus controls. 𝑃<0.05.