Table 1.

Characteristics of subjects

	MHD Patients1	Control Subjects2
Number, M/F	37/23	16/5
Racial/ethnic background
African American, M/F	14/13	3/2
Hispanic, M/F	16/8	10/2
Caucasian, M/F	2/1	1/1
Philipino, M/F	4/0	2/0
Asian, M/F	0/1	0/0
Other, M/F	1/0	0/0
Age, yr	43.8 ± 11.0*	40.9 ± 12.4
Duration of hemodialysis, mo	49.0 ± 57.1	–
Diabetes mellitus, M/F	4/3	0/0

Values are means ± SD. MHD, maintenance hemodialysis; M, male; F, female.

¹Characteristics of 51 of these 60 patients were previously reported (Ref. 40).

²Characteristics of the same 21 control subjects were previously reported (Ref. 40).

^*No significant difference from control values.