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Table 2 Characteristics of SCD patients with chronic kidney disease

From: Chronic kidney disease is common in sickle cell disease: a cross-sectional study in the Tema Metropolis, Ghana

Variable

Hb Genotype

 
 

SS

SC

P-value

 

(n = 58)

(n = 18)

 

Age (years)

25.10 ± 9.73

35.33 ± 14.82

<0.001

Gender

   

Male

32 (55.2)

4 (22.2)

0.084

Female

26 (44.8)

14 (77.8)

 

Age group n (%)

   

<10

2 (3.4)

0 (0.0)

0.373

10-19.

20 (34.5)

2 (11.1)

 

20-29

22 (37.9)

6 (33.3)

 

30-39

8 (13.8)

4 (22.2)

 

≥40

6 (10.3)

6 (33.3)

 

Blood pressure (mmHg)

   

SBP

109.21 ± 7.04

115.78 ± 7.45

0.005

DBP

64.93 ± 7.64

74.22 ± 8.69

0.011

BMI (Kg/m2)

17.75 ± 3.32

19.20 ± 4.35

0.599

BMI n (%)

   

Underweight

36 (62.1)

12 (66.7)

0.018

Normal

22 (37.9)

2 (11.1)

 

Overweight

0 (0.0)

4 (22.2)

 

Haematological profile

   

WBC x 103/mm3

11.43 ± 3.07

8.41 ± 3.82

0.020

RBC x106/mm3

2.93 ± 0.86

4.15 ± 1.02

0.001

HGB (g/dl)

8.35 ± 1.60

10.83 ± 2.56

0.001

HCT (%)

29.74 ± 8.02

29.91 ± 7.83

0.989

PLT x 103/mm3

348.1 ± 140.5

205.9 ± 84.42

0.007

  1. P <0.05 is significant, SBP = Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP = Diastolic Blood Pressure, BMI = Body Mass Index, eGFR = estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate, WBC = White Blood Cell, RBC = Red Blood Cell, HGB/Hb = Haemoglobin, HCT = Haematocrit, PLT = Platelet
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