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Table 1 Inclusion/exclusion criteria

From: A randomized control trial to assess the impact of vitamin D supplementation compared to placebo on vascular stiffness in chronic kidney disease patients

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

- Signed informed consent

- Refused informed consent

- eGFR between 15-45 ml/min

- Change of >5ml/min eGFR over the past 6 months

- Change of <5ml/min in eGFR over the past 6 months

- Planned transplant within 6 months

- Treated with maximal conventional CV disease risk reduction protocolized medications (ACEi or ARB)

- Likely to commence renal replacement therapy within 6 months after enrolment

- Currently receiving vitamin D therapies, but agreeing to a washout period of 3 months

- Terminal malignancies

 

- Active infections

 

- Active inflammatory diseases (SLE, vasculitis)