Impact of renal transplantation on cardiac morphological and functional characteristics in children and adults

Table 1 Demographic and laboratory data of various groups (mean values)

	Age in years	Male/female	BMI (kg/m2)	Hb pre Tx	Creatinine ne post Tx (mg/dL)	Hb post Tx (g/dL)	Duration of dialysis in years
Group 1	9.8 ± 3.7	18/12	25.8 ± 4.4	6.9 ± 1.0	0.9 ± 0.3	13.9 ± 0.9	0.6 ± 0.2
Group 2	26.8 ± 5.6	25/5	24.7 ± 3.1	6.9 ± 1.2	1.2 ± 0.2	13.3 ± 1.9	0.9 ± 0.4
Group 3	10.7 ± 2.4	12/8	28.2 ± 9.0	8.7 ± 1.5			3.3 ± 1.2
Group 4	43.9 ± 14.1	8/12	22.7 ± 5.2	9.7 ± 1.9			8.5 ± 4.7
Group 5	12.0 ± 1.5	5 males	18.0 ± 1.5	14.2 ± 0.8
Group 6	30.2 ± 3.7	5 males	25.7 ± 3.8	13.2 ± 1.3

BMI: Body mass index; Hb: Hemoglobin; Tx: Transplantation.