Table 1.

General information of the patients

Variables	Number of patients	Percentage of patients	Mean ± SD
Gender
Male	177	58.8 %
Female	124	41.2 %
Age (years)			53.5 ± 13.9
Dialysis Mode
Hemodialysis	245	81.4 %
Hemodiafiltration	7	2.3 %
Combination of both	49	16.3 %
Dialysis frequency
Three times/week	242	80.4 %
Five times/two weeks	19	6.3 %
Twice/week	25	8.3 %
Other	15	5 %
Average dialysis duration (years)			6.26 ± 5.57