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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 4.
Published in final edited form as: Blood Purif. 2015 Jul 4;40(1):99–108. doi: 10.1159/000381665

Table 1.

Subject Characteristics at enrollment for FHN Patients with available data for non-linear HRV Indices. Results are shown as mean ± standard deviation or frequency (%), as appropriate.

Variables All (N=210) Diabetic (N=85) Non-diabetic (N=118)

N N N

Age (years) 210 49.8 ± 13.5 85 55.4 ± 12.3§ 118 45.8 ± 13.1

Male 210 130 (62%) 85 50 (59%) 118 76 (64%)

Diabetes 203 85 (42%) -- 73 (41%) 27 12 (44%)

Pre-dialysis albumin (per 0.1 g/dL) 206 39.3 ± 4.0 85 38.3 ± 3.6* 117 40.1 ± 4.0

Pre-dialysis phosphorus (mg/dL) 206 . 85 . 117 .
<5.5 98 (48%) 39 (46%) 56 (48%)
>=5.5 and <7.0 65 (32%) 27 (32%) 37 (32%)
>=7.0 43 (21%) 19 (22%) 24 (21%)

Hemoglobin (g/dL) 198 11.9 ± 1.3 82 11.8 ± 1.3 112 12.0 ± 1.4

Residual Renal Clearance (L) . . .
0 127 (62%) 50 (59%) 77 (66%)
>0 and <=0.8 204 22 (11%) 85 10 (12%) 117 12 (10%)
>0.8 and <1.4 20 (10%) 9 (11%) 11 (9%)
>1.4 35 (17%) 16 (19%) 17 (15%)

Weekly enPCR (g/kg/d) 204 10.6 ± 2.8 85 10.8 ± 2.9 117 10.4 ± 2.7

eKt/V 204 1.42 ± 0.25 85 1.40 ± 0.26 117 1.45 ± 0.24

Left Ventricular Mass (g) 177 146 ± 59 74 142 ± 49 103 149 ± 64

Left Ventricular End-diastolic Vol. (ml) 177 182 ± 64 74 174 ± 52 103 188 ± 71

Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (%) 177 56.7 ± 11.2 74 54.5 ± 13.0# 103 58.3 ± 9.6

Heart Rate as Measured Centrally (bpm) 177 75.9 ± 13.9 74 75.9 ± 12.6 103 75.9 ± 14.8

Urine Volume (L) 210 . 85 . 118 .
0 151 (72%) 58 (68%) 86 (73%)
>0 and <=1 57 (27%) 27 (32%) 30 (25%)
>1.0 2 (1%) 0 2 (2%)

Extra-cellular Volume (L) 193 22.9 ± 4.7 80 24.5 ± 4.7* 112 21.9 ± 4.4

Extra-cellular Volume/Total Volume 193 0.523 ± 0.067 80 0.536 ± 0.068# 112 0.513 ± 0.065

Lean Body Mass 193 44.6 ± 10.3 80 46.3 ± 10.3 112 43.5 ± 10.1

Ultrafiltration volume (L) 206 3.33 ± 1.20 85 3.60 ± 1.23# 117 3.17 ± 1.16

Physical Health Composite (RAND SF36) 203 37.4 ± 10.9 83 34.4 ± 10.6* 115 39.6 ± 10.7

Physical Functioning Scale (SF36) 204 55.9 ± 27.4 84 44.8 ± 26.6§ 115 63.6 ± 25.4

Short Physical Performance Battery Score 206 10.9 ± 3.0 85 9.92 ± 3.08§ 117 11.6 ± 2.8

Significant differences between diabetic and non-diabetic groups are shown in bold font:

§

p-value≤0.0001,

*

p-value<0.005,

#

p-value<0.05