Table 1.

Patient Demographics

	ESRD	Control	p value
Patients, #	76	380
Age, years	53 ± 13	51 ± 13	NS
Gender, % male	73	71	NS
BMI, kg/m2	28.1 ± 5.3	33.0 ± 13.8	0.003
Neck circumference, cm	39.5 ± 4.1	41.1 ± 4.4	0.006
Neck: Height	0.23 ± 0.02	0.24 ± 0.03	0.039

BMI = body mass index; ESRD = end-stage renal disease; Neck: Height = neck circumference indexed to height. Data are mean ± standard deviation.