Accuracy and limitations of equations for predicting the glomerular filtration rate during follow-up of patients with non-diabetic nephropathies

Table 1 Analytical data on 126 patients with non diabetic nephropathies at baseline and at the last observation during follow-up.

	Sample Size	Age (years)	Follow-up (months)	Baseline GFR (ml/min/1.73 m²) (inulin clearance)	Baseline creatinine (μmol/L)	Number of GFR measurements	Final GFR (ml/min/1.73 m²) (inulin clearance)	Final Creatinine (μmol/L)
Whole group	126	40.36 ± 12.48 [17–69]	37.56 ± 27.04 [6–117]	71.03 ± 24.02 [20–138]	119.03 ± 50.85 [49–319]	3.43 ± 2.06 [2–11]	71.19 ± 26.93 [18–140]	123.24 ± 69.195 [53–485]
Patients with deterioration in renal function	65	39.15 ± 12.50 [20–65]	42.86 ± 29.47 [6–117]	75.30 ± 26.15 [20–138]	123.15 ± 57.85 [49–316]	3.72 ± 2.2 [2–11]	61.67 ± 25.49 [18–118]	141.81 ± 85.97 [63–485]
Patients with improvement in renal function	61	41.65 ± 12.43 [17–69]	31.91 ± 23.11 [6–93]	66.47 ± 20.78 [24–124]	114.81 ± 42.21 [53–285]	3.13 ± 1.8 [2–10]	81.32 ± 24.79 [25–140]	103.45 ± 36.31 [53–247]

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