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Table 1 Patients’ demographic, clinical and laboratory parameters

From: Predictors of anemia in a multi-ethnic chronic kidney disease population: a case–control study

Parameters

Anemic patients

Non-anemic patients

N

Number (%) or mean ± SD

N

Number (%) or mean ± SD

Demographics

    

  Age, years

162

68.8 ± 13.2

295

66 ± 13.8

  Gender

    

   (Female/Male)

162

91 (56.2) / 71 (43.8)

295

124 (42.0) / 171 (58.0)

  Race

    

   Chinese/Malay/Indian/Others

162

99 (61.1) / 34 (21.0) / 16 (9.9) / 13 (8.0)

295

202 (68.5) / 56 (19.0) / 18 (6.1) / 19 (6.4)

Clinical data

    

  Weight, kg

67

61.8 ± 13.1

137

68.1 ± 15

  Height, m

65

1.6 ± 0.1

135

1.6 ± 0.1

  Body mass index, kg/m2

65

25.4 ± 4.8

133

27 ± 5.3

  CKD stage

    

   Stage 1/2/3/4/5

162

3 (1.9) / 8 (4.9) / 29 (17.9) / 52 (32.1) / 70 (43.2)

295

45 (15.3) / 0 (0.0) / 127 (43.1) / 104 (35.3) / 19 (6.4)

Laboratory data (serum levels), units

    

  Current Hb, g/dL

162

9.2 ± 0.7

295

12.6 ± 1.7

  Previous Hb, g/dL

162

9.9 ± 1.3

295

12.6 ± 1.7

  Sodium, mmol/L

161

137.7 ± 3.8

292

138.1 ± 3.1

  Potassium, mmol/L

161

4.5 ± 2.6

292

4.3 ± 0.5

  Chloride, mmol/L

136

107 ± 5.8

257

106.1 ± 4

  Bicarbonate, mmol/L

150

22.9 ± 3.9

270

24.7 ± 3.1

  Urea, mmol/L

161

15.1 ± 8

292

10.5 ± 5.5

  Creatinine, μmol/L

161

257 ± 188.7

293

174.3 ± 87.9

  Calcium, mmol/L

150

2.2 ± 0.2

269

2.2 ± 0.1

  Corrected calcium, mmol/L

99

2.3 ± 0.1

206

2.3 ± 0.1

  Phosphate, mmol/L

148

1.3 ± 0.3

262

1.2 ± 0.2

  Alkaline phosphatase, U/L

149

86.1 ± 58.5

262

73.4 ± 42.6

  Albumin, g/L

145

34 ± 5.5

239

37.7 ± 4.2

  Total cholesterol, mmol/L

128

4.6 ± 1.5

258

4.7 ± 1.3

  Triglycerides, mmol/L

128

1.6 ± 0.8

258

1.8 ± 1.7

  High-density lipoprotein, mmol/L

128

1.2 ± 0.4

257

1.2 ± 0.4

  Low-density lipoprotein, mmol/L

128

2.7 ± 1.3

254

2.7 ± 1.1

  White blood cells, x109/L

162

8.1 ± 4

295

7.8 ± 2.9

  HbA1c, %

127

7 ± 1.5

193

7.4 ± 1.6

  Iron, μmol/L

94

10.3 ± 5.7

80

11.4 ± 5.6

  Ferritin, μg/L

97

397.9 ± 490.8

85

275.5 ± 520.0

  Transferrin, mg/dL

94

186 ± 50.5

80

205.1 ± 53.6

  Total iron binding capacity, μmol/L

94

48.4 ± 13.1

79

54.1 ± 12.7

  Transferrin saturation, %

93

22.6 ± 11.9

79

22.2 ± 12.0

  Intact parathyroid hormone, pmol/L

81

16.3 ± 15.4

129

11.9 ± 13.7

  25-hydroxyvitamin D, μg/L

34

17.1 ± 11

60

22.4 ± 11.8

  Folate, nmol/L

39

52.7 ± 71.2

44

27.8 ± 33.4

  Vitamin B12, pmol/L

42

488.7 ± 260.4

50

450.6 ± 292.9