Table 2.

Laboratory parameters of the HD group and the control group.

Parameter	HD Group (N = 70)	Control Group (N = 60)	p *
Hemoglobin (g/L)	111.0 ± 9.9	127.6 ± 10.6	<0.001
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	5.4 (4.7–6.9)	5.6 ± (5.0–6.2)	0.503
Pre-dialysis urea (mmol/L)	23.1 ± 5.6	-	-
Post-dialysis urea (mmol/L)	7.6 ± 3.1	5.7 ± 2.6 †	<0.001
Pre-dialysis creatinine (μmol/L)	823.3 ± 191.8	-	-
Post-dialysis creatinine (μmol/L)	297.5 (245.0–376.0)	76.0 (71.0–85.0) †	<0.001
Total bilirubin (μmol/L)	9.3 ± 3.0	10.8 ± 3.5	0.179
Total proteins (g/L)	65.8 ± 4.9	69.6 ± 4.2	<0.001
Albumins (g/L)	38.8 ± 3.0	40.4 ± 4.2	0.017
hsCRP (mg/L)	5.2 ± 3.6	1.4 ± 0.7	<0.001
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.9 ± 0.9	1.6 ± 0.8	0.108
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.5 ± 0.9	4.42 ± 0.8	0.624
HDL (mmol/L)	1.0 ± 0.2	1.1 ± 0.2	0.005
LDL (mmol/L)	1.9 ± 0.9	1.6 ± 0.8	0.152

Abbreviations: hsCRP—high sensitivity C-reactive protein; HDL—high density lipoprotein; LDL—low density lipoprotein. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. * t-test for independent samples or Mann-Whitney U test. † post-dialysis stands only for the HD group.