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Table 1 Demographic and kidney-related characteristics of study participants.

From: Kidney function of HIV-infected children in Lagos, Nigeria: using Filler's serum cystatin C-based formula

Characteristics

HIV-infected children

(n = 60)

Control

(n = 60)

p value

Age (years)

   

   Median (IQR)

5.5 (5.2)

5.3 (5.2)

0.990a

   <5 years, n (%)

28 (46.7)

26 (43.3)

 

Male gender, n%

35 (58.3)

35 (58.3)

1.00b

Weight

   

   Median (kg)

15.3 (8)

19.8 (11.9)

0.026a

   WAZ score

-1.30

-0.15

0.000a

Length/height

   

   Median (cm)

107 (25)

115 (36)

0.181a

   HAZ score

-1.00

0.05

0.000a

BMIZ score

-1.07

-0.31

0.048a

Blood pressure, mean (mmHG)

66.9 (10.9)

64.9 (7.7)

0.223c

Serum cystatin C

   

   median (mg/l)

0.77 (0.29)

0.66 (0.20)

0.025a

   >1.0 mg/l, no. (%)

10 (16.7)

1 (1.7)

0.004b

Estimated GFR

   

   mean (ml/min/1.73 m2)

96.8 (36.1)

110.5 (27.8)

0.021c

   <60 ml/min/1.73 m2, no. (%)

8 (13.3)

0 (0)

0.006b

  1. WAZ: weight for age z score; HAZ: height for age z score; BMIZ: Body mass index z score; aMann-Whitney U test; bPearson's Chi square test; c Student t test; IQR: interquartile range