"Existence of conspiracy was not proven, and being relatives and having similar surnames does not mean there was conspiracy," Mr. Agra said, according to The Philippine Star, a Manila newspaper.
But Grayling condemned the alliance's legal action, saying that, while pleased at the judgment, he was "frustrated and angry that the Plantagenet Alliance – a group with tenuous claims to being relatives of Richard III – have taken up so much time and public money".
The mean age of the 18 participants was 64.4 years (SD = 6.2), with 6 participants being relatives of patients.
After adjusting for potential confounders, being relatives of dialysis patients was positively associated with presence of albuminuria, with an OR of 2.02 (95%CI 1.57 2.59; Table 2).
However, in our analyses, after adjusting for potential confounders, the positive association between being relatives of dialysis patients and albuminuria still exist, indicating that there might be genetic susceptibility of CKD for relatives.
Multivariable Logistic regression analysis indicated that being spouses of dialysis patients is negatively associated with presence of low eGFR, and being relatives of dialysis patients is positively associated with presence of albuminuria.
