Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of all patients recruited to this study

Characteristic	All subjects
N	20
Male	16 (80%)
Female	4 (20%)
Age, yr	64 ± 15
Months on dialysis	36 ± 56
Height, cm	172 ± 9
Weight, kg	78 ± 18
Systolic BP, mm Hg	139 ± 27
Diastolic BP, mm Hg	75 ± 19
EPO use	10 (50%)
Statin use	6 (30%)
Other drugs	3 (15%)
Smoking status
Never smoked	7 (35%)
Previous smoker	11 (45%)
Current smoker	2 (10%)

ACEi, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; BP, blood pressure; EPO, erythropoietin.

Data are mean ± SD, or number with percentage in parentheses.