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180 subjects were regularly transfused (��8/year) and 36 were not. The mean Hb concentration for regularly transfused patients was 100?g/l compared to 91?g/l for those not regularly transfused. Patients were treated with the following iron chelators: deferoxamine (N?=?157), deferasirox (N?=?17), and deferiprone (N?=?2). The mean (��SD) values of BUN and serum creatinine were 5��4?��?1��6?mmol/l and 48��6?��?16��8?��mol/l, respectively. Most patients had values of BUN and creatinine that were in the normal range. Twenty-five had a BUN above the upper limit of normal for age, which were mostly mild elevations (mean BUN 8��2?mmol/l). Two had a creatinine above the upper limit of normal for age and sex: a 12-year-old female (88��4?��mol/l) and a 23-year-old http://www.selleckchem.com/products/MK-1775.html male (123��8?��mol/l). The BUN of regularly transfused patients was modestly, but significantly, higher than those not regularly transfused (5��5 vs. 4��8?mmol/l, P?=?0��01). The serum creatinine was 49��5?��?15��9?��mol/l for regularly transfused patients and 44��2?��?18��6?��mol/l http://www.selleckchem.com/products/AZD6244.html for those not regularly transfused, but this was not statistically different (P?=?0��07). Creatinine clearance was significantly associated with age: clearance decreased by 0��7?ml/min per 1��73?m2 for every year of increasing age (P?=?0��02). In the subset of patients >30?years of age (n?=?75), there was no association between clearance and age (P?=?0��53). Clearance was not associated with gender (P?=?0��91) or race (P?=?0��47). Table?I shows the distribution of creatinine clearance by diagnosis and transfusion status. Among all patients, 7��8% had a low creatinine clearance, 71��3% had a normal clearance, and 20��8% had a high clearance (for their age and gender). Among patients who were not regularly transfused ( http://www.selleck.cn/products/azd4547.html not regularly transfused. Regularly transfused patients had significantly lower creatinine clearance than those not regularly transfused (P?=?0��004). Among regularly transfused patients, the creatinine clearance was lower in adults than children (137��5 vs. 155��5; P?=?0��03). A multivariate logistic regression model controlling for age and sex showed that the only significant predictors of high creatinine clearance were non-regular transfusion status, increased serum transferrin receptor concentration, and increased dietary calcium intake (Table?III). Not predictive of high creatinine clearance were the specific thalassaemia diagnosis, serum ferritin, serum glucose, body mass index, and any of the clinical complications or endocrinopathies.