TABLE 3.

Profile of subjects examined in this study

	Healthy subjects	Hemodialysis patients
No. of participants	11	18
Age (years)	66 ± 6	69 ± 11
HbA1c (%)	5.6 ± 0.2	6.3 ± 1.7a
Serum creatinine (μmol/liter)	81 ± 8	706 ± 222b
C-reactive protein (mg/liter)	1.7 ± 1.1 (<1.0–4.5)	23 ± 19 (6–70)

^a Not significant.

^b p < 0.001 versus healthy subjects.