Table 1.

Participant demographics

Characteristic	HCs	HD Patients	P
Number	14	14	N/A
Sex (men:women )	7:7	7:7	N/A
Age (mean ± SD; yr)	49±12	49±9.9	0.64
Time on dialysis (median [25th and 75th percentiles]; mo)	N/A	50 (28.7, 77.0)	N/A
Cause of ESKD
Diabetes mellitus type 2	N/A	5	N/A
Renovascular	N/A	2	N/A
Hypertension	N/A	2	N/A
Urological	N/A	1	N/A
IgA nephropathya	N/A	1	N/A
FSGS	N/A	1	N/A
Unknownb	N/A	2	N/A

N/A, not applicable; ESKD, end stage kidney disease

^aThis patient initially had ESKD of unknown etiology, which was later assumed to be caused by IgA nephropathy. He has been retained in the analysis.

^bBoth assumed to be secondary to hypertensive nephropathy.