Anthropometric and Biochemical Profile of Children and Adolescents with Chronic Kidney Disease in a Predialysis Pediatric Interdisciplinary Program

Table 1

Clinical and laboratory data at admission and at last follow-up visit.

Variables	At admission	At last follow-up visit	values
GFR^* (mL/min/1.73 m^2)	38.2 ± 15.6	28.3 ± 21.8	<0.001
Albumin (g/dL)	3.97 ± 0.80	4.00 ± 0.73	0.552
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	11.10 ± 2.13	11.04 ± 2.36	0.783
Potassium (mEq/L)	4.76 ± 0.73	4.82 ± 0.80	0.460
Calcium (mg/dL)	9.37 ± 1.03	9.29 ± 0.95	0.422
Phosphorus (mg/dL)	5.22 ± 1.20	4.99 ± 1.24	0.089
Serum bicarbonate (mEq/L)	19.59 ± 4.77	22.00 ± 4.42	<0.001

GFR: glomerular filtration rate estimated by the formula of Schwartz et al. [14].