Low agreement between cardiologists diagnosing left ventricular hypertrophy in children with end-stage renal disease

Table 2 Demographics of children who were diagnosed with LVH _WT or no LVH _WT by all 4 observers vs. all children were there was no agreement (n=44)

	All agree on LVH_WTor no LVH_WT	No agreement on LVH_WTor no LVH_WT	P value
	n=48	n=44
Age (years)	12.6 (1.4-18.3)	14.0 (0.7-19.1)	0.23^a
Male*	23 (49%)	28 (62%)	0.14^b
Weight (kilograms)	33.0 (4.3-96.0)	41 (7.0-88.5)	0.44^a
BSA (m²)	1.2 (0.4-2.2)	1.3 (0.4-2.1)	0.43^a
Height (cm)	145 (85–181)	153 (69–184)	0.52^a
Duration of RRT (years)	1.6 (0–6.8)	1.7 (0–5.9)	0.70^a
Modality at time of Echocardiography*			0.54 ^b
-Hemodialysis	14 (29%)	12 (27%)
-Peritoneal dialysis	11 (23%)	13 (30%)
-Transplantation	23 (48%)	19 (43%)

Data are presented in median (range), * Data are presented as n (%), RRT renal replacement therapy, ^a mann-Withney U, ^b chi square test.

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