Usefulness of Multidetector Row Computed Tomography for Predicting Cardiac Events in Asymptomatic Chronic Kidney Disease Patients at the Initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy
Table 1
Baseline characteristics and biochemical data.
All patients ()
Age (years)
(24–80)
Sex (male : female)
46 : 28
Diabetes mellitus, (%)
38 (51.4)
SBP (mmHg)
(100–195)
DBP (mmHg)
(50–120)
Hb (g/dL)
(4.0–13.1)
Calcium (mg/dL)
(5.5–12.3)
Phosphate (mg/dL)
(1.8–11.2)
iPTH (pg/mL)
(5.7–534.9)
hsCRP (mg/L)
(0.15–130.0)
Albumin (g/dL)
(2.2–4.6)
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)
(77–439)
HDL-C (mg/dL)
(20.0–71.0)
LDL-C (mg/dL)
(35.8–314.8)
Triglyceride (mg/dL)
(39–351)
Free fatty acid (uEq/L)
(22–971)
Lipoprotein(a) (mg/dL)
(0.7–299)
Fibrinogen (mg/dL)
(264–958)
PAI-1
(6.7–51.3)
Homocysteine (umol/L)
(5.4–124.4)
EF (%)
(28–78)
LVMI
(13.7–78.1)
CACS
(0–1644)
Cause of ESRD, (%)
DM nephropathy
41 (55.4%)
Hypertensive nephropathy
19 (25.6%)
Chronic Glomerulonephritis
8 (10.8%)
Etc
4
unknown
2
All values are expressed as mean ± SD; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; Hb: hemoglobin; iPTH: intact parathyroid intact hormone; hsCRP: high sensitivity C-reactive protein; HDL: high density lipoprotein; LDL: low density lipoprotein; PAI-1: plasminogen activator inhibitor-1; EF: ejection fraction; LVMI: left ventricular mass index; CACS: coronary artery calcium score.
