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Table 2 Baseline data: “controls”: 47 pregnant patients on unrestricted diet in pregnancy (22 singleton deliveries in Cagliari, 20 in Torino)

From: Vegan-vegetarian low-protein supplemented diets in pregnant CKD patients: fifteen years of experience

Case

Age (yrs)

Pre-conceptional; Referral-week

Kidney disease

sCr mg/dL (EPI-GFR mL/min)

CKD stage

PtU (g/24 h)

Pt/Alb (g/dL)

HT

Therapy at referral

BMI

1

33

11w

IgA GN

0.9 (84.3)

2

1.1

6.0/2.9

No

Pred

20.2

2

34

pre; 7w

SLE

0.7 (113.4)

1

1.3

5.8/3.5

No

Steroids, AZA

19.6

3

34

pre; 6w

SLE

0.7 (113.4)

1

1.3

6.3/2.9

Yes

a-MD, Pred., CyA

20.8

4

38

pre; 22w

Unknown

0.8 (93.8)

1

1.7

Na

Yes

ASA, Nifedipine, a-MD

26

5

29

pre; 5w

IgA GN

0.9 (86.7)

2

2.1

6.3/3.5

Yes

a-MD

22.1

6

26

pre; 8w

Diab neph

0.4 (144.2)

1

2.6

5.6/3.3

No

ASA, Insulin

23.4

7

35

pre; 7w

SLE, LLAC

0.5 (129.3)

1

3.9

5.2 /2.9

No

Pred

20.2

8

19

pre; 13w

SLE

0.6 (135.6)

1

4

5.9/3

No

none

18.8

9

36

pre; 13w

FSGS

0.9 (82.5)

2

4.2

5.7/3.1

Yes

ASA, a-MD

20.3

10

41

pre; 6w

SLE

1 (71.9)

2

5.4

5.5/3.6

Yes

a-MD

18.3

11

35

pre; 20w

Diab neph

1.2 (58.7)

3

0.1

Na

Yes

a-MD, Insulin

25.6

12

39

pre; 7w

SLE

1.4 (47.4)

3

0.3

6.5/3.7

Yes

Pred., AZA

23

13

32

pre; 9w

SLE

1.4 (49.8)

3

0.8

6.7/4.5

Yes

Pred

21.6

14

35

pre; 8w

IgA GN

1.4 (50)

3

1.7

6.8/3.3

No

none

24.8

15

38

pre; 7w

Unknown

1.6 (40.6)

3

1.4

6.2/4.3

No

none

23.9

16

31

6w

IgA GN

1.6 (42.6)

3

++

7/3.3

No

none

32.5

17

36

pre; 6w

GN

1.8 (35.7)

3

0.4

7.3/ 4

No

none

22.5

18

23

pre; 13w

Unknown

1.9 (36.6)

3

2.8

6.1/ 3

No

none

30.1

19

30

na

IgA GN

1.4 (50)

3

6.2

na

Yes

a-MD

21.6

20

34

pre; 12w

SLE, LLAC

2.2 (28.4)

4

1.2

5.7/3.2

Yes

a-MD, ASA, EPO

21.4

21

28

7w

Unknown

1.6 (43.9)

3

1.6

7.4/ 4.3

No

none

23.7

22

33

pre; 12w

GN

0.5 (127.6)

1

1.1

7/4

No

none

21.8

Summary data

Cagliari

34 (19–41)

8 (5–22)

 

sCr

1.1 (0.4–2.2)

GFR-EPI

65.3 (28.4–144.2)

 

1.6 (0.1–6.2)

Pt

6.2 (5.2–7.4)

Alb

3.3 (2.9–4.5)

10

45.5 %

 

21.95 (18.3–32.5)

1

39

Pre; 8 w

Interstitial

1.6 (40)

3

1.3

7.3 /3.7

Yes

Felodipine, Doxazosin, Levotiroxina, ASA

26.7

2

27

14 w

Reflux

1.5 (47)

3

0.3

6.5/3.4

No

None

18.0

3

34

20 w

Chronic PN

1.5 (45)

3

2.0

Na

No

None

23.3

4

23

13 w

IgA GN

1.3 (56)

3

0.5

6.4/3.1

Yes

a-MD, ASA

22.7

5

32

Pre; 5 w

IgA GN

1.2 (58)

3

0.3

6.1/3.4

No

Steroids, Allopurinole

19.1

6

35

Pre; 8 w

IgA GN

1.3 (54)

3

0.5

6.6/2.7

Yes

a-MP, Niphedipine

24.4

7

22

27 w

Reflux

2.9 (22)

4

0.5

7.3/3.4

No

Niphedipine

22.2

8

39

Pre; 14 w

Chronic PN

1.4 (47)

3

0.2

8.1/4.0

Yes

B-bloc, ASA

18.4

9

31

20 w

Reflux

1.3 (54)

3

0.6

7.2/3.7

Yes

B-bloc, Doxazosine, Niphedipine, Isosorbide

19.5

10

25

33 w

Reflux

1.3 (57)

3

0.8

6.0/3.1

Yes

a-MP

19.3

11

35

7; w

Interstitial

1.3 (52)

3

0.6

6.0/3.2

Yes

None

25.6

12

33

Pre; 12w

Chronic PN

1.2 (60)

3

0.1

6.4/3.2

No

Clonidine, a-MP, ASA

19.7

13

30

6 w

Kidney graft

1.2 (59)

3

0.2

7.6/3.2

No

TAC, Pred, Pantoprazole, Allopurinolo

20.3

14

32

29 w

HIV neph.

1.43 (56)

3

0.4

7.0/3.1

No

Antiretroviral therapy Omeprazole

20.0

15

36

6 w

Kidney graft

1.1 (56)

3

0.1

6.9/4.7

No

Pred, CyA, Omeprazole, ASA

24.7

16

38

Pre; 8 w

single kidney

0.8 (56)

3

0.1

6.8/4.4

No

Calcium carbonate

15.6

17

27

5 w

SLE

0.6 (193.6)

1

1.45

7.09/4.37

No

ASA, Steroids

30.4

18

37

20 w

FSGS

0.7 (81.6)

2

2.33

6.56/3.62

No

none

23.6

19

26

12 w

IR e proteinuria

1.1 (101.2)

1

2

6.45/3.49

No

ASA

32.4

20

36

16 w

PNC

0.6 (122)

1

1.03

7.55/4.10

No

Thyroxine

20.2

21 (miscarriage)

38

7 w

Chronic PN, single kidney

1.9 (31)

3

0.1

7.3/5.0

No

None

24.9)

22 (miscarriage)

37

Pre; 8 w

Single kidney

0.8 (58)

3

0.1

7.6/4.7

No

None

15.6

23 (miscarriage)

36

5 w

Kidney graft

1.3 (53)

3

0.4

Na

No

CyA, AZA

25.5

24 (miscarriage)

37

Pre; 5 w

single kidney

0.9 (55)

3

0.1

na

No

Calcium carbonate,

16.2

25 (miscarriage)

30

9 w

Diab. Neph

1.4 (50)

3

0.2

6.9/4.1

No

Insuline

22.7

Summary data Torino

34

(22–39)

9 (5–33)

_

sCr

1.3 (0.6–2.9)

GFR-EPI

56.0 (22.0–193.6)

3 (1–4)

0.4

(0.1–2.33)

Pt

6.9 (6.0–8.1)

Alb

3.55 (2.7–5.0)

7

28.0 %

_

22.2 (15.6–32.4)

Summary data all controls:

42 singleton

33.5 (19–41)

9 (5–33)

_

sCr

1.25 (0.4–2.9)

GFR-EPI

56.0 (22.0–193.6)

3 (1–4)

1.1

(0.1–6.2)

Pt

6.5 (5.2–8.1)

Alb

3.4 (2.7–4.7)

17

40.5 %

_

21.95 (15.6–32.5)

P cases vs controls (singletons)

0.443

0.154

_

sCr

0.716

GFR-EPI

0.680

0.139

Chi 2

0.585

Pt

0.952

Alb

0.073

0.479

(Chi2)

_

0.237

  1. Data at referral: data observed at the first follow-up in our unit
  2. HT hypertension, SLE systemic lupus erythematosus, IgA GN IgA nephropathy, FSGS focal segmental glomerlosclerosis, Diab Neph diabetic nephropathy, BMI body mass index, PtU 24 hour proteinuria, sCr serum creatinine, GFR glomerular filtration rate, SLE systemic lupus (erithematosus)elim erythematosus. CyA cyclosporine A, ASA acetyl salicylic acid, Pred. prednisone, TAC tacrolimus, EPO erythropoietin, B-Bloc beta blocker, a-MD alpha methyldopa