Table 1.

Patient demographic and clinical characteristics

N = 128
African-American	91.4%
White	7.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander	1.6%
Male	60.2%
Mean age, years	57.3 ± 13.8
Diabetes mellitus	48.4%
HIV infected	10.2%
Mean Karnofsky score	74.6 ± 14.6
Mean duration of dialysis (months)	39.9 ± 40.9
Mean serum albumin concentration (g/dL)	3.8 ± 0.4
Mean hemoglobin concentration (g/dL)	11.6 + 1.6
Mean Kt/V	1.5 ± 1.0