A systematic review of the predictors of disease progression in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Table 1 Patient characteristics and outcomes in ADPKD

Patient characteristics	Clinical characteristics	Outcomes
Demographic factors: age, gender, BMI, weight, height, ethnicity	Baseline renal function parameters: GFR, serum creatinine, proteinuria, albuminuria, creatinine clearance, albumin/creatinine ratio	Change in renal function parameters: GFR, serum creatinine, proteinuria, albuminuria, creatinine clearance, albumin/creatinine ratio
	Baseline renal size parameters: TKV, TCV, TKL, left renal volume, right renal volume, height-adjusted TKV	Change in renal size parameters: TKV, TCV, TKL, left renal volume, right renal volume, height-adjusted TKV
	Clinical measures: presence of hypertension, renal blood flow, haematuria, UTI	Change in clinical measures: renal blood flow, hypertension
	Genotype	Change in clinical measures: renal blood flow, hypertension

BMI body mass index, GFR glomerular filtration rate, TCV total cyst volume, TKL total kidney length, TKV total kidney volume, UTI urinary tract infection

ISSN: 1471-2369