Table 1.

Demographic and Laboratory Characteristics of Study Population

Variable	N = 12
Age (y) (median, IQR)	50 (40, 73)
Sex (male/female)	8/4
Body mass index (kg/m2; mean ± SD)	34.4 ± 7.6
Duration of hemodialysis (months; median, IQR)	46 (37, 94)
Albumin (g/dL; median, IQR)	3.85 (3.5, 4.2)
Carbohydrate metabolism
Fasting glucose (mg/dL; median, IQR)	101 (88, 111)
Fasting insulin (mU/L; median, IQR)	12.31 (9.32, 17.47)
Glycated hemoglobin (median, IQR)	5.10 (5.0, 6.0)
Insulin sensitivity by glucose disposal rate (mg/kg/min; median, IQR)	5.65 (2.63, 11.07)
Fasting amino acid measurements
Leucine (μmol/L; mean ± SD)	79.2 ± 15
Phenylalanine (μmol/L; mean ± SD)	45 ± 10
BCAAs (μmol/L; mean ± SD)	260 ± 43
TAAs (μmol/L; mean ± SD)	2,291 ± 310

BCAA, branched chain amino acids; IQR, interquartile range; TAAs, total amino acids; SD, standard deviation.