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Table 2 Trajectory of key variables in the overall sample

From: Markers and risk factors for chronic kidney disease in sub-Saharan Africans: baseline levels and 12-month trajectories in newly referred patients in Cameroon

Variables

Baseline

Month 3

Month 6

Month 9

Month 12

p-value

Creatinine

41.7 (3.7)

41.5 (3.9)

47.7 (4.1)

52.1 (4.5)

59.1 (5.0)

0.0001

eGFR

27.0 (2.3)

30.3 (2.4)

27.7 (2.5)

27.0 (2.8)

21.5 (3.1)

0.003

Urea

1.00 (0.08)

0.97 (0.08)

1.04 (0.09)

1.01 (0.10)

1.21 (0.11)

0.178

SBP

154.4 (3.2)

142.1 (3.7)

147.3 (3.9)

145.5 (4.4)

156.0 (5.1)

< 0.0001

DBP

92.4 (2.0)

85.4 (2.3)

86.3 (2.4)

83.9 (2.7)

85.6 (3.1)

< 0.0001

Sodium

136.9 (1.2)

136.9 (1.5)

136.1 (1.7)

139.7 (2.0)

140.4 (2.4)

0.345

Potassium

4.59 (0.12)

4.55 (0.13)

4.43 (0.14)

4.67 (0.16)

4.67 (0.20)

0.382

Calcium

87.4 (1.5)

84.6 (2.2)

88.1 (1.9)

89.0 (2.6)

88.0 (2.8)

0.558

Haemoglobin

10.2 (0.6)

10.0 (0.7)

9.6 (0.7)

10.1 (0.8)

11.1 (0.9)

0.090

TCMH

30.2 (1.4)

30.4 (1.6)

32.2 (1.7)

31.4 (1.9)

32.0 (2.7)

0.535

VGM

82.1 (2.1)

78.8 (2.7)

85.9 (2.9)

84.9 (3.4)

91.0 (4.5)

0.051

Phosphate

45.4 (3.0)

40.7 (5.3)

41.9 (4.0)

45.9 (5.5)

40.4 (5.3)

0.624

Uric acid

78.3 (3.9)

67.6 (5.4)

70.1 (5.1)

68.3 (7.2)

65.4 (8.2)

0.034

Albumin

30.5 (2.4)

35.3 (3.0)

27.8 (3.3)

30.5 (4.1)

37.0 (7.3)

0.125

Total cholesterol

2.4 (0.2)

2.0 (0.2)

1.8 (0.3)

1.9 (0.3)

2.6 (0.4)

0.036

HDL cholesterol

0.51 (0.06)

0.36 (0.19)

0.30 (0.15)

0.44 (0.27)

0.53 (0.24)

0.685

Triglycerides

1.7 (0.2)

1.3 (0.4)

1.6 (0.3)

1.5 (0.4)

1.4 (0.4

0.648

  1. Estimates are mean and standard error of the mean, and are adjusted for age, sex, diabetes, hypertension smoking alcohol consumption, HIV status SBP Systolic blood pressure, DPB Diastolic blood pressure, eGFR Estimated Glomerular filtration rate, MCH Mean corpuscular haemoglobin, MCV Mean corpuscular volume, HDL High density lipoprotein, LDL Low density lipoprotein