Table 1.

Basic characteristics and correlation of demographic, biochemical, and clinical characteristics of the examined patients.

	All Patients with Erectile Dysfunction (70)	Surviving Patients (28)	Patients Who Died (42)	p
Age, mean ± SD	57 ± 6.7	57 ± 6.55	57.5 ± 6.8	0.33
Duration of hemodialysis (months), mean ± SD	107 ± 56.1	121 ± 56.6	88 ± 45.5	<0.001 *
Leukocytes (109/L), mean ± SD	6.5 ± 1.8	5.9 ± 1.68	7.3 ± 1.7	0.003 *
Erythrocytes (1012/L), mean ± SD	2.94 ± 0.52	2.93 ± 0.47	2.97 ± 0.54	0.15
Hemoglobin (g/L), mean ± SD	96.5 ± 13.7	90 ± 14.8	98.5 ± 12.7	0.18
Serum iron (µmol/l), mean ± SD	10.3 ± 3.8	11.2 ± 2.53	10.05 ± 4.49	0.48
Ferritin (µg/l), mean ± SD	590.4 ± 318.4	632 ± 321	582.9 ± 315.8	0.38
Transferrin saturation (%), mean ± SD	26 ± 11	28.3 ± 6.78	24.7 ± 12.9	0.27
Total calcium (mmol/L), mean ± SD	2.33 ± 0.19	2.28 ± 0.14	2.34 ± 0.21	0.14
Inorganic phosphorus (mmol/L), mean ± SD	1.65 ± 0.56	1.64 ± 0.49	1.72 ± 0.6	0.44
Parathormone (pg/mL), mean ± SD	169± 406	170 ± 406.9	153 ± 404	0.30
Creatinine (μmol/L), mean ± SD	998 ± 228.8	1023 ± 225.9	992 ± 230.5	0.37
Urea (mmol/L), mean ± SD	24.6 ± 5.5	26.5 ± 5.67	24.4 ± 5.67	0.12
Kt/V index	1.01 ± 0.22	1.08 ± 0.25	0.98 ± 0.18	0.004 *
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD	25.2 ± 5.7	24.8 ± 4.41	25.7 ± 6.46	0.45
Number of erectile dysfunction points (n)	14 ± 6.4	14.5 ± 6.56	25.7 ± 6.46	0.12
Intima-media thickness (mm), mean ± SD	1 ± 0.2	0.8 ± 0.1	1.09 ± 0.18	<0.001 *
Smokers, (n)	42	14	28	0.32
Alcohol consumption, (n)	25	9	16	0.79
Cardiovascular disease, (n)	46	14	32	0.03 *
Residual diuresis, (n)	27	15	12	0.04 *
Bicarbonate hemodialysis, (n) Hemodiafiltration, (n)	36 34	7 21	29 13	<0.001 *

SD—standard deviation; BMI – body mass index. * statistically significant differences between groups.