Table 1.

Demographic and clinical features

	Uremic patients (n = 20)	Azotemic patients (n = 20)
Age years, median (range)	58 (31–85)	53 (33–78)
Gender; male:female	11: 9	13: 7
Serum-creatinine; mg/100 ml	8·26 ± 0·48*	6·33 ± 0·41*
Kt/V	1·46 ± 0·06	–
Creatinine-clearance; ml/min	–	11·6 ± 1·03
WBC; G/l	6·17 ± 0·42	6·85 ± 0·4
C-reactive protein; mg/100 ml	0·71 ± 0·17	0·43 ± 0·13

Data except age and gender are expressed as mean ±s.e.m. Statistical significance:

^*P < 0·01 when compared to each other.