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Table 1 Characteristics of 76 study participants

From: Ambulatory monitoring unmasks hypertension among kidney transplant patients: single center experience and review of the literature

Characteristic

Value

Age, years

52 ± 14

BMI, kg/m2

26.8 ± 5.2

Diabetes

26%

Smoking, never/former/current

83% / 12% / 5%

Type of allograft, alive

74%

Time since transplantation, years

9.4 (IQR 4.0–16.0)

eGFR (CKD-EPI), ml/min/1.73m2

62.2 (IQR 40.7–75.6)

Creatinine clearance, ml/min

61.7 (IQR 42.6–89.0)

Urine protein excretion, mg/d

210 (IQR 140–518)

Hemoglobin, g/dl

13.1 (IQR 11.8–14.3)

Anti-hypertensive medications (any)

74%

 ACEi or ARBs

50%

 Beta blockers

42%

 Calcium channel blockers

39%

 Diuretics

17%

 Alpha blockers

11%

 Other anti-hypertensives

1%

 No. of antihypertensive medications

1 (IQR 0–2)

Aspirin

26%

Statins

42%

  1. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, eGFR Estimated glomerular filtration rate, CKD-EPI Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration, ACEi Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, ARBs Angiotensin receptor blocker, IQR 1st-3rd quartiles