Table 2

Serum concentrations of creatinine, urea, and cystatin C in female patients and in patients with Child-Pugh class C

	n	Mean (SD)	p Value
Creatinine Cl, creatinine clearance.
Female patients
Serum creatinine (mg/100 ml)
Creatinine Cl ≥70 ml/min	14	0.8 (0.2)	0.035
Creatinine Cl 40–69 ml/min	18	0.9 (0.2)
Serum urea (mg/100 ml)
Creatinine Cl ≥70 ml/min	14	21.6 (9.4)	0.131
Creatinine Cl 40–69 ml/min	17	31.9 (5.7)
Serum cystatin C (mg/l)
Creatinine Cl ≥70 ml/min	14	0.9 (0.3)	0.005
Creatinine Cl 40–69 ml/min	18	1.4 (0.5)
Child-Pugh class C patients
Serum creatinine (mg/100 ml)
Creatinine Cl ≥70 ml/min	11	1.0 (0.2)	0.223
Creatinine Cl 40–69 ml/min	14	1.3 (0.8)
Serum urea (mg/100 ml)
Creatinine Cl ≥70 ml/min	11	29.6 (16.2)	0.190
Creatinine Cl 40–69 ml/min	14	42.5 (28.0)
Serum cystatin C (mg/l)
Creatinine Cl ≥70 ml/min	11	1.1 (0.3)	0.039
Creatinine Cl 40–69 ml/min	14	1.6 (0.6)