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Table 1 Demographic, clinical and drug data for patients at pre-transplant cardiac assessment

From: Effect of left atrial and ventricular abnormalities on renal transplant recipient outcome—a single-center study

Variable Total N = 119 Alive N = 96 Dead N = 23 p
Age at CMR (years) 50.5 (±10.2) 49.8 (±9.7) 53.7 (±11.5) 0.05*
Male (%) 83 (69.7) 71 (74.0) 12 (52.2) 0.04*
BSA (m2) 1.84 (±0.3) 1.86 (±0.3) 1.77 (±0.2) 0.12
BMI (kg/m2) 25.0 (±4.7) 24.9 (±0.7) 25.4 (±4.5) 0.12
Systolic BP (mmHg) 138 (±23) 137 (±23) 141 (±24.2) 0.38
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 82 (±12.7) 82 (±13) 81 (±13) 0.77
RRT time to CMR (years) 2.2 (0.6, 5.2) 1.7 (0.7, 3.9) 2.5 (0.6, 5.8) 0.57
RRT     
HD 100 (84.0) 84 (87.5) 16 (69.5) 0.91
PD 19 (16.0) 11 (11.4) 8 (34.7)
Diabetes mellitus 73 (61.3) 61 (63.5) 12 (52.2) 0.32
Ischemic heart disease 17 (14.3) 13 (13.5) 4 (17.4) 0.64
Heart failure 6 (5.0) 5 (5.2) 1 (4.3) 0.86
Cerebrovascular disease 12 (10.1) 6 (6.3) 6 (26.1) 0.005*
Peripheral vascular disease 7 (5.9) 4 (4.2) 3 (13.0) 0.10
Dyslipidemia 34 (28.6) 26 (27.1) 8 (34.8) 0.46
Smoking     
Never 52 (43.7) 44 (45.8) 8 (34.8) 0.14
Current/Ex smoker 67 (56.3) 52 (54.2) 15 (65.2)
Epo receptor agonist 92 (77.3) 74 (77.9) 18 (78.3) 0.97
β adrenoceptor blocker 40 (33.6) 35 (37.6) 5 (21.7) 0.15
Aspirin 32 (26.9) 26 (28.0) 6 (26.1) 0.86
Warfarin 5 (4.2) 2 (2.2) 3 (13.0) 0.08
ACEI/ARB pre-transplant 25 (21.0) 22 (23.4) 3 (13.0) 0.28
Diuretic 30 (25.2) 24 (25.8) 6 (26.1) 0.98
Calcium channel blocker 29 (24.4) 23 (24.7) 6 (26.1) 0.89
α adrenoceptor blocker 10 (8.4) 9 (9.7) 1 (4.3) 0.42
Statin 34 (28.6) 26 (28.0) 8 (34.8) 0.52
Hemoglobin (g/l) 117 (±17) 117 (±1.7) 117 (±1.8) 0.97
CRP 6.0 (4.0, 41.2) 6.0 (4.0, 12.0) 19 (4.0, 49.5) 0.19
Corrected calcium (mmol/l) 2.42 (±0.4) 2.41 (±0.4) 2.42 (±0.5) 0.97
Phosphate (mmol/l) 1.67 (±0.4) 1.71 (±0.4) 1.52 (±0.5) 0.30
Albumin (g/l) 41.5 (±4.3) 42.5 (±3.7) 37.5 (±4.7) 0.008*
Ejection fraction (%) 66.3 (±10.2) 66.3 (±9.5) 66.4 (±12.3) 0.99
LVSD on MRI (EF < 55%) 16 (13.4) 11 (11.5) 5 (21.7) 0.19
Myocardial mass/BSA (g/m2) 96.4 (±31.7) 95.2 (±31.7) 101.6 (±32.4) 0.38
LVH 78 (65.5) 58 (60.4) 20 (87.0) 0.16
ESV/BSA (ml/m2) 25.1 (±14.8) 72.4 (±25.7) 73.5 (±25.2) 0.85
EDV/BSA (ml/m2) 72.7 (±25.5) 24.9 (±13.8) 25.9 (±18.9) 0.77
LV dilation 14 (13.4) 11 (11.5) 3 (13.0) 0.83
LA volume/BSA (ml/m2) 32.1 (±7.7) 31.0 (±6.7) 36.4 (±9.1) 0.01*
  1. Data are numbers with percentage in parentheses, mean ± standard deviation or median (interquartile range). Tests of significance are t-test (parametric), Mann-Whitney (non-parametric) and Chi-square. Abbreviations: CMR cardiovascular MRI, RRT renal replacement therapy, HD hemodialysis, PD peritoneal dialysis, Epo erythropoietin stimulating agent, ACEI/ARB angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin II receptor blocker, BSA body surface area, BMI body mass index. *p < 0.05.