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Table 3 Baseline Clinical and Laboratory investigation results of the patients before treatment

From: Conservative therapy is associated with worse clinical features and biochemical derangements than renal replacement therapy: a retrospective study in Kumasi, Ghana

Parameters

All Subjects

Renal replacement therapy group

Conservative group

P value

 

mean ± SD/ Median [IQR]

Mean ± SD/Median [IQR]

mean ± SD/Median [IQR]

 

SBP (mmHg)

154.85 ± 25.1

152.6 ± 25.3

155.3 ± 25.1

0.459

DBP (mmHg)

90.0 [79.0-100.0]

83.3 [78.3–93.8]

90.0 [79.3-100.1]

0.047

Haemoglobin

8.0 [6.9–9.2]

8.3 [7.2–9.1]

7.9 [6.8–9.2]

0.309

White Blood Count

5.6 [4.6–7.1]

5.8 [5.0-7.2]

5.6 [4.5–7.1]

0.136

MCV

82.6 ± 6.8

83.11 ± 6.4

82.5 ± 6.9

0.557

MCH

27.67 ± 2.6

27.7 ± 2.6

27.7 ± 2.6

0.858

Sodium

135.7 [132.6–138.0]

136.0 [136.0-139.0]

135.5 [131.6–138.0]

0.159

Potassium

5.0 [4.5–5.6]

4.9 [4.0-5.4]

5.1 [4.5–5.6]

0.093

Urea

28.0 [20.0-37.4]

22.2 [15.0-30.3]

28.6 [20.9–38.0]

0.001

Triglycerides

1.3 [1.0-1.8]

1.2 [1.0-1.5]

1.3 [1.0–2.0]

0.566

LDL-c

3.1 [2.2–3.8]

2.9 [2.0-4.1]

3.1 [2.3–3.8]

0.809

HDL-c

1.2 [0.8–1.5]

1.2 [0.8–1.6]

1.1 [0.8–1.4]

0.945

VLDL-c

0.6 [0.4-1.0]

0.6 [0.4–0.8]

0.6 [0.5–1.1]

0.368

Cholesterol

5.0 [3.9–5.8]

5.0 [3.6–6.1]

5.0 [4.0-5.8]

0.593

Creatinine

1095.0 [703.4-1581.5]

1004.5 [570.8-1678.8]

1116.9 [714.0-1563.0]

0.333

eGFR

4.0 [3.0–7.0]

5.0 [3.0-8.3]

4.0 [3.0–7.0]

0.433

Positive

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 

Urine Protein

187(92.1)

27(93.1)

160(92.0)

< 0.001

Urine Blood

105(55.6)

12(50.0)

93(56.4)

< 0.001

  1. SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin, LDL-c: low density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-c: high density lipoprotein cholesterol, VLDL-c: very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate