Table 1.

Comparison of the clinical characteristics between the DM CKD and non DM CKD patients

Data are means±SDs, or medians (range).

M, male; F, female; DM-CKD, chronic renal failure from diabetes mellitus; non DM-CKD, chronic renal failure from a disease other than diabetes mellitus; aMDRD, the abbreviated MDRD equation; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; hs-CRP, high sensitivity C-reactive protein; ACE, angiotensin converting enzyme; PTH, parathyroid hormone; IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor 1.

^*p<0.05 vs. DM-CKD