Table 1. Clinical features of the enrolled chronic dialysis patients.
Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables, and number (percentage) for categorical variables.
| Clinical features | Total |
|---|---|
| Demographic profiles | |
| Age (years) | 68 ± 11.8 |
| Gender (male %) | 22 (43) |
| Education | |
| None | 19 (37) |
| Elementary school | 21 (41) |
| Junior or senior high school | 7 (14) |
| College or higher | 4 (8) |
| Marriage status (yes %) | 47 (92) |
| Monthly disposable incomes (higher than 300 USD) | 24 (47) |
| Duration of dialysis (years) | 3.4 ± 2.8 |
| Comorbidities (%) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 26 (51) |
| Hypertension | 46 (90) |
| Cirrhosis | 11 (22) |
| Heart failure | 4 (8) |
| Malignancy | 6 (12) |
| Dialysis comorbidity index | 1.6 ± 1.8 |
| Etiology of ESRD (%) | |
| Diabetic nephropathy | 21 (41) |
| Chronic glomerulonephritis | 4 (8) |
| Miscellaneous | 7 (14) |
| Unknown | 19 (37) |
| Laboratory parameters | |
| Biochemistry and electrolytes | |
| Blood Urea Nitrogen (mg/dL) | 80.8 ± 19.9 |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 10.6 ± 2.5 |
| Sodium (meq/L) | 135 ± 3.9 |
| Potassium (meq/L) | 4.7 ± 0.7 |
| Calcium (mg/dL) | 8.9 ± 0.8 |
| Phosphate (mg/dL) | 5.3 ± 1.5 |
| Calcium-phosphate product | 47.3 ± 14 |
| Nutrition | |
| Albumin (mg/dL) | 3.8 ± 0.3 |
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 107 ± 36 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 158 ± 40 |
| Total triglyceride (mg/dL) | 157 ± 108 |
| Anemic profile | |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 9.7 ± 1.3 |
| Ferritin (ng/mL) | 647 ± 784 |
| Transferrin saturation (%) | 28.3 ± 15 |
| Dialysis adequacy | |
| Single pool Kt∕V | 1.6 ± 0.2 |
| Urea reduction ratio | 74.7 ± 5.9 |
Notes.
Abbreviations
- ESRD
- End-stage renal disease
- USD
- United States Dollar