Skip to main content
. 2012 Dec 3;13:163. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-13-163

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the healthy controls with lower serum vaspin levels (control/VaspinLow) or higher serum vaspin levels (control/VaspinHigh) and the chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients with lower serum vaspin levels (HD/VaspinLow) or higher serum vaspin levels (HD/VaspinHigh)

  Control/VaspinLow HD/VaspinLow P values Control/VaspinHigh HD/VaspinHigh P values
Total number
 90
 127
  
 5
 11
  
Vaspin (ng/ml)
 0.87 ± 0.24
 0.32 ± 0.15
 <0.0001*
 23.4 ± 6.26
 31.0 ± 9.15
 0.0785
Gender (female: male)
 48:42
 41:86
 0.0019*
 4:1
 5:6
 0.0023*
Age (years)
 49.7 ± 6.90
 51.9 ± 10.1
 0.0575
 52.8 ± 5,47
 45.4 ± 13.7
 0.1788
BMI (kg/m2)
 23.5 ± 3.84
 22.0 ± 3.46
 0.0115*
 22.6 ± 1.62
 24.3 ± 4.79
 0.3948
Waist circumference (cm)
 78.1 ± 11.5
 77.8 ± 9.69
 0.8701
 74.2 ± 7.32
 78.5 ± 9.91
 0.3596
Systolic BP (mmHg)
 124 ± 16
 132 ± 24
 0.0049*
 135 ± 16
 128 ± 27
 0.5561
Creatinine (mg/dl)
 0.73 ± 0.15
 13.2 ± 2.91
 <0.0001*
 0.74 ± 0.21
 13.0 ± 3.00
 <0.0001*
Blood glucose (mg/dl)
 98.6 ± 28.0
 119.2 ± 43.8
 <0.0001*
 87.6 ± 9.48
 115.0 ± 33.0
 0.0250*
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)
 214.4 ± 36.0
 162.2 ± 40.1
 <0.0001*
 211.2 ± 17.0
 166.9 ± 37.8
 0.0080*
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)
 66.4 ± 15.1
 45.9 ± 13.9
 <0.0001*
 65.4 ± 14.8
 52.0 ± 16.7
 0.1467
TG (mg/dl)
 135.0 ± 86.1
 127.2 ± 93.1
 0.5397
 85.2 ± 24.4
 97.2 ± 27.9
 0.4147
Albumin (g/dl)
 4.58 ± 0.24
 3.85 ± 0.32
 <0.0001*
 4.56 ± 0.15
 3.65 ± 0.35
 <0.0001*
Hemoglobin (g/dl) 14.0 ± 1.64 10.3 ± 0.89 <0.0001* 12.4 ± 2.78 10.1 ± 0.69 0.1361

The data are presented as the number, ratio or mean ± s.d. *, p < 0.05.

Vaspin Visceral adipose-tissue derived serpin, BMI Body mass index, SFA Subcutaneous fat area, VFA Visceral fat area, BP Blood pressure, HDL High-density lipoprotein, TG Triglycerides.