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Table 4 Precision of GFR measurements and time to steady state during CILDI

From: Validation of a continuous infusion of low dose Iohexol to measure glomerular filtration rate: randomised clinical trial

Method B Precision (Plasma clearance)

Subject

95% CI

99% CI

3 SD^

Time to steady state (min) [no. samples]

Healthy Volunteers

1

2.9

3.9

4.5

98 [7]

2

10.4

13.6

15.9

248 [4]

3

2.7

3.6

4.2

126 [6]

4

8.3

10.8

12.7

287 [4]

5

1.3

1.7

2.0

118 [7]

6

3.1

4.0

4.7

127 [6]

7

4.5

6.0

6.9

86 [8]

8

3.5

4.7

5.4

205 [5]

9

4.7

6.2

7.2

110 [7]

10

5.8

7.6

8.9

154 [6]

11

1.0

1.4

1.6

143 [6]

Mean ± SD

4.4 ± 2.9

5.8 ± 3.7

6.7 ± 4.4

155 ± 126

Chronic Kidney Disease

12

6.6

8.7

10.2

555 [3*]

13

17.7

23.2

27.1

598 [3*]

14

15.8

20.8

24.2

508 [3*]

15

6.3

8.3

9.6

327 [4]

16

6.9

9.1

10.6

335 [3]

17

12.5

16.3

19.1

600 [3*]

Mean ± SD

11.0 ± 5.1

14.4 ± 6.6

16.8 ± 7.4

487 ± 65

All Volunteers

Mean ± SD

6.7 ± 4.9

8.8 ± 6.4

10.3 ± 7.4

172 ± 185

  1. Precision of individual GFR measurements was calculated for each subject during CILDI to confidence intervals (CI) of 95% and 99%, and to 3 standard deviations (SD). Precision results are expressed as percentages. ^3SD = 99.7%CI. Theoretical time to steady state (Css) was calculated by drawing a 2-phase exponential decay curve, using Graphpad Prism®, version 5.0d (Graphpad software, Inc.). All samples used after this time was achieved were used, except where Css was >8 h. In these circumstances, the last 3 samples were used (*).