Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of transplant patients and dialysis patients

Characteristics	Abbreviations	RT (n = 72)	HD (n = 78)	P
Male gender	-	45 (57.69%)	38 (52.78%)	0.545
Age (year)	-	54.6±12.88	56.17±12.5	0.452
Hypertension	-	18 (23.08%)	21 (29.17%)	0.396
Diabetes mellitus	-	20 (25.64%)	8 (11.11%)	0.023
Leukocyte (109/L)	WBC	6.16±1.81	5.74±1.65	0.149
Lymphocyte (109/L)	LY	1.31±0.41	1.22±0.45	0.205
Erythrocyte (109/L)	RBC	3.65±0.73	3.46±0.93	0.163
Hemoglobin (g/L)	HB	113.02±21.59	107.44±16.81	0.081
Platelet (109/L)	PLT	177.1±44.97	160.81±44.48	0.027
Total bilirubin (umol/L)	TBIL	7.35±2.72	6.62±1.9	0.058
Direct bilirubin (umol/L)	DBIL	2.8±1.19	2.55±0.82	0.137
Indirect bilirubin (umol/L)	I-BIL	4.55±1.75	4.07±1.38	0.064
Alanine aminotransferase	ALT	14.26±9.4	13.14±3.59	0.332
Aspartate aminotransferase	AST	15.04±5.84	14.72±7.35	0.772
Alkaline phosphatase	ALP	75.03±34.24	79.28±20.99	0.366
Total protein (g/L)	TP	72.92±5.26	69.9±5.54	<0.001
Albumin (g/L)	ALB	43.11±4.17	40.96±4.19	0.002
Globulin (g/L)	GLOB	30.15±5.74	29.28±6.84	0.4
Urea (mmol/L)	UREA	23.65±6.17	23.09±5.94	0.576
Creatinine (umol/L)	CREA	905.6±254.3	900.16±218.29	0.889
Uric acid (umol/L)	UA	444.85±68.31	473.11±69.19	0.013
β2-microglobulin (mg/L)	β2-MG	29.61±9.86	35.13±7.82	<0.001
Glucose (mmol/L)	GLU	6.41±2.95	5.71±2.74	0.138
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	TCHO	3.97±0.87	3.78±0.76	0.152
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	TG	1.64±0.8	1.79±0.79	0.254
High density liptein cholesterol (mmol/L)	HDL-C	0.97±0.23	0.94±0.23	0.397
Low density liptein cholesterol (mmol/L)	LDL-C	2.12±0.72	1.94±0.62	0.107
Potassium (mmol/L)	K	4.76±0.69	4.66±0.83	0.406
Sodium (mmol/L)	Na	138.34±2.7	131.46±2.96	<0.001
Chloride (mmol/L)	Cl	102.75±3.46	97.29±3.31	<0.001
Calcium (mmol/L)	Ca	2.26±0.18	2.4±0.2	<0.001
Phosphorus (mmol/L)	P	1.79±0.56	1.97±0.53	0.042
Transferrin Saturation (%)	TS	31.05±10.4	34.4±10.23	0.049