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Table 4 Comparison between kidney replacement modalities and anthropometric measurements

From: Native kidney and graft survival in a cohort of Egyptian children with nephropathic cystinosis: national referral center experience

 

KRT

 

KTX (n = 12)

HD (n = 18)

P-value

• Weight/kg

32.04 ± 7.7

18.47 ± 4.1

 < 0.001*

• Underweight (< −2 SD)

8 (66.7%)

18 (100%)

 = 0.019**

• Height/cm

129.63 ± 8.8

106.16 ± 13.4

 < 0.001*

• Stunted (< −2 SD)

10 (83.3%)

18 (100%)

 = 0.165**

• CKD Stage

 ✓ Stage-I

4 (33.3%)

0 (0%)

 

 ✓ Stage-II

5 (41.7%)

0 (0%)

 < 0.001***

 ✓ Stage-III

2 (16.7%)

0 (0%)

 

 ✓ Stage-IV

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

 ✓ Stage-V

1 (8.3%)

18 (100%)

 
  1. CKD Chronic kidney disease, KRT Renal replacement therapy, k-tx Kidney transplantation, HD hemodialysis
  2. *Independent Sample t-test was used to compare the difference in mean between groups
  3. **Chi-square test was used to compare the difference in frequency between groups
  4. ***Monte Carlo exact test was used to compare the difference in frequency between groups
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Italian Journal of Pediatrics

ISSN: 1824-7288

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