Table 2.

Biochemical characteristics of study groups (mean and 95 % CI)

	Hemodialysis	Controls
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	10.7 (10.4–11.0)	14.6 (14.1–15.2)
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	169 (160–178)	212 (194–229)
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	90 (84–95)	142 (125–157)
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	28 (26–29)	61 (52–70)
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	159 (142–177)	128 (103–153)
Calcium (mmol/L)	2.14 (2.10–2.19)	Na
Phosphate (mmol/L)	1.77 (1.67–1.87)	Na
Parathyroid hormone (pg/mL)	444 (374–515)	Na
Creatinine (µmol/L)	Na	78 (67–85)
ucMGP (mg/mL)	17.9 (16.3–19.5)	7.1 (5.1–9.2)
ucMGP >9.2 mg/mL (%)	77.1	5.0
PIVKA-II (ng/mL)	0.59 (0.51–0.68)	0.51 (0.37–0.66)
PIVKA-II >0.66 ng/mL (%)	27.5	10.0

Na not available