Table 1. Patients’ Demographic Characteristics a,b.
| Demographic Characteristics | Data |
|---|---|
| Age, y | 55.76 ± 0.97 |
| Female | 42.4 |
| Education | |
| Junior high school or less | 69.4 |
| High school graduate | 23.6 |
| Some college or college graduate | 7.1 |
| Cause of renal failure | |
| Diabetes | 44.7 |
| Hypertension | 32.9 |
| Polycystic kidney disease | 3.5 |
| Renal stone | 1.3 |
| Pyelonephritis | 2.7 |
| Other | 14.9 |
| Mean time since dialysis started, y | 2.78 ± 2.06 |
| Daily Kt/V | 1.36 ± 0.01 |
| BUN, mg/dL | 49.62 ± 1.17 |
| Creatinine, mg/dL | 6.91 ± 0.42 |
| Uric acid, mg/dL | 4.91 ± 0.08 |
| Albumin, g/dL | 4.18 ± 0.03 |
| Total protein, g/dL | 7.12 ± 0.05 |
| Hb, g/dL | 12.38 ± 0.13 |
| Calcium, mg/dL | 8.89 ± 0.05 |
| Phosphorus, mg/dL | 5.13 ± 0.07 |
| PTH, pg/dL | 339.51 ± 18.71 |
| Potassium, mg/dL | 5.28 ± 0.04 |
| Sodium, mEq/L | 139.72 ± 0.21 |
| FBS, mg/dL | 116.43 ± 3.93 |
| TG, mg/dL | 155.11 ± 5.04 |
| Total cholesterol, mg/dL | 171.78 ± 2.62 |
| HDL, mg/dL | 36.86 ± 0.63 |
| LDL, mg/dL | 103.91 ± 2.32 |
| AST, IU/L | 15.49 ± 0.5 |
| ALT, IU/L | 17.62 ± 1.78 |
| Alkaline phosphatase, IU/L | 369.4 ± 18.61 |
| Ferritin, ng/mL | 554.97 ± 29.65 |
| Total iron binding capacity, mg/dL | 269.06 ± 3.99 |
| Iron, mcg/dL | 74.29 ± 2.12 |
| Depression score | 16.87 ± 9.06 |
| BMI, kg/m 2 | 24.05 ± 0.3 |
| SGA score | 14.01 ± 0.29 |
| MIS | 7.91 ± 0.26 |
| BCM | 27.41 ± 0.45 |
| BFMI | 6.87 ± 0.23 |
| FFMI | 17.19 ± 0.1 |
a BUN, Blood Urea Nitrogen; PTH, Parathyroid; FBS, Fasting Blood Sugar; TG, Triglyceride; HDL, High Density Lipoprotein; LDL, Low Density Lipoprotein; AST, Aspartate Aminotransferase; ALT, Alanine Aminotransferase; BCM, Body Cell Mass; BFMI, Body Fat Mass Index; FFMI, Fat Free Mass Index.
b Data are expressed as mean ± SD or %.