Table 1.

Demographic features of the studied groups

Variables		HD group	Control group
Age (years)		52.94 ± 14.14	43.17 ± 10.24
Gender	Male [n (%)]	22 (55%)	12 (60%)
	Female [n (%)]	18 (45%)	8 (40%)
Duration of dialysis (months)		60.60 ± 51.28	-
Body mass index (kg/m2)		28.20 ± 3.84	26.60 ± 3.59
DM patients [n (%)]		20 (50%)	0%
Non-DM patients [n (%)]		20 (50%)	20 (100%)
Hypertension [n (%)]		18 (45%)	0%