Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population.
| Hemodialysis patients |
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| Parameters | Control group (n = 35) | Survival (n = 150) | Nonsurvival (n = 27) | Total (n = 177) | p Values (between groups) |
| Male | 21 (60.00) | 92 (61.33) | 20 (74.07) | 112 (63.28) | .423 |
| Age (years) | 64.09 ± 9.59 | 60.84 ± 14.12a | 71.04 ± 10.05a,b | 62.40 ± 14.05 | .001 |
| ≥70 years | 9 (25.71) | 41 (27.33) | 15 (55.56)a,b | 56 (31.64) | .011 |
| Dialysis months | NA | 35.53 ± 34.92 | 37.22 ± 26.28 | 35.79 ± 33.70 | NA |
| Diabetes mellitus | 0 (0.00) | 41 (27.33) | 11 (40.74) | 52 (29.38) | .000 |
| Glu (mmol/L) | 4.56 ± 0.56 | 7.73 ± 3.26a | 10.53 ± 5.93a | 8.16 ± 3.90a | .000 |
| SCr (mg/dL) | 0.65 ± 0.11 | 11.26 ± 3.40a | 9.75 ± 3.15a | 11.03 ± 3.40a | .000 |
| UA (mg/dL) | 3.69 ± 0.88 | 7.72 ± 2.11a | 7.53 ± 2.03a | 7.69 ± 2.10a | .000 |
| WBC (×103 cells/μL) | 6.59 ± 1.28 | 6.55 ± 2.13 | 6.40 ± 1.92 | 6.53 ± 2.09 | .923 |
| Hb (g/dL) | 13.31 ± 1.07 | 10.89 ± 1.99a | 10.49 ± 1.48a | 10.82 ± 1.92a | .000 |
| PLT (×104 cells/μL) | 25.57 ± 4.63 | 17.49 ± 6.11a | 20.13 ± 15.05 | 17.89 ± 8.14a | .000 |
| Ca (mg/dL) | 8.49 ± 0.81 | 9.40 ± 6.16 | 9.61 ± 1.31a | 9.43 ± 5.69 | .611 |
| P (mg/dL) | 4.05 ± 1.28 | 7.39 ± 2.44a | 7.55 ± 1.79a | 7.42 ± 2.35a | .000 |
| Ca × P > 55 mg2/dL2 | 0 (0.00) | 107 (71.33)a | 20 (74.07)a | 127 (71.75)a | .000 |
| Alb (g/L) | 46.17 ± 2.11 | 39.25 ± 4.87a | 38.00 ± 3.43a | 39.06 ± 4.69a | .000 |
| <35 g/L | 0 (0.00) | 15 (10.00) | 4 (14.81)a | 19 (10.73)a | .092 |
| Chol (mmol/L) | 4.49 ± 0.78 | 3.91 ± 1.45a | 4.25 ± 1.05 | 3.96 ± 1.40a | .048 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 1.00 ± 0.54 | 1.62 ± 1.42a | 1.79 ± 1.33a | 1.65 ± 1.40a | .025 |
| HDL (mmol/L) | 1.40 ± 0.46 | 0.87 ± 0.38a | 0.94 ± 0.32a | 0.88 ± 0.37a | .000 |
| LDL (mmol/L) | 2.66 ± 0.72 | 2.30 ± 1.04a | 2.40 ± 0.81 | 2.31 ± 1.00 | .138 |
| GPT (U/L) | 22.23 ± 11.96 | 11.99 ± 10.19a | 10.19 ± 5.87a | 11.72 ± 9.66a | .000 |
| cTnT (×10−3 ug/L) | 5.92 ± 2.87 | 35.07 ± 9.23a | 109.42 ± 31.29a,b | 46.41 ± 30.59a | .000 |
Data are expressed as n (%) or means ± SD.
NA: not applicable.
a
p< .05 versus control group.
b
p < .05 versus survival.
WBC: leucocytes count; Hb: hemoglobin; PLT: platelet count; SCr: serum creatinine; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; UA: uric acid; Alb: albumin; Chol: cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; Ca: calcium; P: phosphate; GPT: glutamic pyruvic transaminase; γGT: γ glutamyl transferase; cTnT: cardiac troponin T.