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. 2012 Sep 3;13:100. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-13-100

Table 1.

Clinical and demographic characteristics of hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients (n = 484)

Variables Total (n=484) HD group (n=380) PD group (n=104) P-value
Age (years)1
57.91±13.64
60.39±12.81
48.87±12.76
<0.001*
Gender, n (%)2
 
 
 
0.131
Male
213 (44.0)
174 (45.8)
39 (37.5)
 
Female
271 (56.0)
206 (54.2)
65 (62.5)
 
BMI (kg/m2)1
22.49±3.43
22.44±3.34
22.67±3.77
0.533
Duration of Dialysis (months)3
48 (26, 88)
55 (31, 94)
36 (14, 57)
<0.001*
DM, n (%)2
158 (32.6)
139 (36.6)
19 (18.3)
<0.001*
HT, n (%)2
356 (73.6)
280 (73.7)
76 (73.1)
0.901
Hyperlipidemia, n (%)2
199 (41.1)
149 (39.2)
50 (48.1)
0.103
Smoking, n (%)2
124 (25.6)
109 (28.7)
15 (14.4)
0.003*
PAD, n (%)2
 
 
 
<0.001*
Non
396 (81.8)
297 (78.2)
99 (95.2)
PAD-one
47 (9.7)
45 (11.8)
2 (1.9)
PAD-two
41 (8.5)
38 (10.0)
3 (2.9)
Daugirdes Kt/V per dialysis session1
1.90±0.40
1.81±0.35
2.22±0.41
<0.001*
Hct (%)1
30.10±4.36
30.37±4.12
29.13±5.04
0.023*
TCO2 (mmol/L)1
23.54±2.87
22.71±2.32
26.60±2.60
<0.001*
Albumin (g /dL)1
3.94±0.38
3.97±0.37
3.80±0.39
<0.001*
i-PTH (pg/ mL)3
284.8 (163.4, 480.7)
281.7 (166.2, 468.9)
328.9 (160.7, 512.0)
0.541
Ferritin (ng/ mL)3
573.0 (364.0, 761.7)
632.8 (487.5, 799.6)
330.7 (173.1, 482.1)
<0.001*
Cholesterol (mg/dL)3
183 (154, 209)
179 (151, 205)
190 (172, 213)
0.012*
TG (mg/ dL)3
125 (82, 195)
124 (82, 194)
130 (82, 232)
0.372
Fasting blood sugar (mg/dL)3
95 (83, 117)
90 (81, 117)
104 (95, 116)
<0.001*
Cr (mg/dL)1,4
11.01±2.77
10.61±2.44
12.44±3.40
<0.001*
Uric Acid (mg/dL)1
7.23±1.30
7.35±1.31
6.80±1.15
<0.001*
Ca (mg/dL)1
9.07±0.83
8.97±0.79
9.44±0.87
<0.001*
P (mg/dL)1
5.41±1.38
5.32±1.37
5.73±1.36
0.006*
Ca×P (mg/dL)1 49.16±13.64 47.78±13.26 54.15±13.90 <0.001*

* significant difference between groups (p<0.05).

P-values were calculated by: 1Independent two sample t-test (mean ± SD); 2Chi-square test (number [percentage]); 3Mann-Whitney U test (median [IQR]); 4Cr was measured pre-dialysis.