Table 1. Basic demographic, anthropometric and clinical characteristics of the 194 patients on hemodialysis that were prospectively monitored for a 3-year-period.

SD: standard deviation, M: male, F: female, n: number, BMI: body mass index, IM: intima media, IM0: baseline value for IM thickness, IM₁: IM at the end of the first year of study, IM₂: IM thickness in the middle of the study, IM₃: final IM thickness, HD: hemodialysis.