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Characteristic Values Men/Women (%) 32 (38.6)/51 (61.4) Mean age (range; SD) 46 (19–75; 15) Stage of chronic kidney disease (%)a 1 23 (27.7) 2 20 (24.1) 3 25 (30.1) 4 14 (16.9) 5 1 (1.2) Body mass index (%) Underweight (BMI ≤18.5 kg/m2) 4 (4.8) Normal (BMI 18.6–24.9 kg/m2) 41 (49.4) Overweight (BMI 25.0–29.9 kg/m2) 28 (33.7) Obese (BMI ≥30.0 kg/m2) 10 (12.1) Arterial hypertension (%) 80 (96.4) Insufficient control of blood pressure 62 (74.7) Note:—BMI indicates body mass index.
↵a Estimated glomerular filtration rate is calculated according to the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration formula.
Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria Diagnosis of ADPKD Pregnancy Age ≥18 years Contraindications for MR imaging Written informed consent Dialysis or post-kidney transplantation MR Imaging Scanner Siemens Magnetom Avanto 1.5T Philips Ingenia 1.5T HP Years of use 2009–2011 2012 Sequence type T1WI 3D GRE T1WI 3D FFE TOF sequence parameters TE: 7.15 ms; TR: 22 ms; NSA: 1 TE: 6.91 (outphase) ms; TR: 25 ms; NSA: 1 Pixel size (mm) MPS 0.7/0.7/0.7 0.4/0.7/1.0 Matrix RECON 320 512 Flip angle (°) 25 20 Total scan duration (min/sec) 7/13 4/50 FFE indicates fast-field echo; GRE, gradient-recalled echo; MPS, measurement phase and section direction; NSA, number of sampling averages.