The SURF (Italian observational study for renal insufficiency evaluation in liver transplant recipients): a post-hoc between-sex analysis

Table 4 eGFR (MDRD-4) annual average change (slope) overall and by time from transplant to inclusion visit

		eGFR annual average change (slope) from transplant to inclusion visit (ml/min/1.73m²/year)						p-value
Time elapsed from transplant to inclusion visit		N	Mean	SD	25th percentile	Median	75th percentile
[5 months; 1 year)	Females	30	−41.6	95.1	−62.0	−24.6	9.2	0.29355*
	Males	92	−22.3	50.0	−54.0	−14.8	9.6
	Total	122	−27.1	64.2	−56.1	−16.9	9.5
[1 year; 2 years)	Females	41	− 5.5	27.3	−23.2	−6.9	3.6	0.1478**
	Males	140	−14.8	23.7	−27.6	−11.2	−0.5
	Total	181	−12.6	24.8	−25.9	−9.7	−0.3
[2 years; 3 years)	Females	33	−6.8	17.7	−12.7	−5.1	−0.2	0.54312*
	Males	95	−8.7	14.7	−17.0	−7.6	0.2
	Total	128	−8.3	15.5	−16.2	−7.1	−0.2
[3 years; 4 years)	Females	28	−4.6	8.1	−10.3	−5.9	−1.0	0.40157*
	Males	95	−6.3	9.5	−11.1	−5.3	0.2
	Total	123	−5.9	9.2	−10.8	−5.3	−0.2
[4 years; 5.5 years]	Females	25	−3.7	11.1	−9.0	−3.7	2.6	0.94751*
	Males	81	−3.9	7.8	−10.5	−3.5	1.4
	Total	106	−3.8	8.6	−10.3	−3.6	2.6
Total evaluable patients	Females	157	−12.2	46.6	−16.7	−5.9	2.6	0.87949*
	Males	503	−11.6	26.8	−19.6	−6.7	0.9
	Total	660	−11.8	32.6	−19.0	−6.5	1.2

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