Table 1.

Comparison of clinical and laboratory parameters in HD patients

Clinical & laboratory parameters	Pruritic (mean ± SD)	Non pruritic (mean ± SD)	p-value
Age (years)	51.54 ± 16.63	45.37 ± 16.41	0.1212
Time on treatment (months)	44.42 ± 44	41.41 ± 44.73	0.666
Dialysis per week	2.6 ± 0.55	2.57 ± 0.59	0.682
Hematocrit (%) (M = 39–52)(F = 36–46)	25.43 ± 6.99	24.95 ± 5.43	0.647
Serum calcium (mg/dl) (8.6–10.3)	8.705 ± 1.79	8.707 ± 1.44	0.994
Serum phosphorus (mg/dl) (2.7–4.5)	5.45 ± 1.72	5.74 ± 1.66	0.314
Serum alkaline phosphatase (u/l) (150–450 u/l)	322.01 ± 272.61	494.56 ± 750.76	0.080
BUN (mg/dl) (8–20)	131.31 ± 66.01	136.08 ± 68.61	0.673
Serum creatinine (mg/dl) (0.4–1.3)	9.43 ± 3.21	9.27 ± 3.29	0.777
Parathyroid hormone (pmole/l)(0.8–2.5)	0.9 ± 1.16	1.43 ± 0.85	0.252