Table 1.
Main clinical characteristics of the study population
| Parameters | |
| Number of patients | 26 |
| Age (years) | 52 ± 2 |
| Gender (% men) | 38 |
| Ethnicity (% Caucasian) | 81 |
| Comorbitidies (%) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 11 |
| Cardiovascuar diseases | 15 |
| Hypertension | 100 |
| Etiology of CKD (%) | |
| Hypertensive nephrosclerosis | 30 |
| Diabetic nephropathy | 11 |
| Chronic glomerulonephritis | 50 |
| Other | 9 |
| Vitamin D (% used) | 45 |
| Statins (% used) | 30 |
| Aspirin (% used) | 43 |
| Antihypertensive agents (% used) | 100 |
| Time on dialysis (months) | 17 ± 3 |
Values expressed as mean ± SD.