Table 1.

Clinical characteristics and plasma S100A12 level in 550 hemodialysis patients

Age (years)	63.4 ± 12.1
Men/women (n)	355/195
Current smoker/nonsmoker (n)	65/485
Duration of HD (years)	9.7 ± 8.4
Systolic BP (mmHg)	142.9 ± 22.4
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	10.3 ± 1.08
White blood cells (/mm3)	5729 ± 1816
Platelet (104/μl)	16.8 ± 5.92
hs-CRP (mg/L)	4.10 ± 10.92
Creatinine (mg/dl)	10.5 ± 2.62
Albumin (g/dl)	3.7 ± 0.38
Sodium (mEq/L)	139.5 ± 2.95
Potassium (mEq/L)	4.6 ± 0.70
Calcium (mg/dl) × phosphate (mg/dl)	41.5 ± 10.49
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	162.3 ± 45.8
DN/non-DN (n)	202/348
CVD/non-CVD (n)	197/353
Plasma S100A12 (ng/ml)	25.1 ± 22.4

The data are the means ± SD.