Table 7.

Association between clinical characteristics and rs2071559 genotype

SNP	rs2071559
Genotype	GG + GA n = 119	AA n = 81		P value
Age (year)	52.45 ± 14.47	51.65 ± 14.63		0.703
BMI (kg/m2)	21.56(19.59,24.57)	20.70(19.52,23.01)		0.272
Diabetes (%)	17(14.29)	19(23.46)		0.132
Hb (g/L)	101.80 ± 20.60	103.10 ± 22.72		0.655
ALB (g/L)	36.10(33.90,39.10)	35.70(31.95,39.15)		0.384
CRP (mg/L)	2.65(0.61,5.18)	3.00(1.00,3.74)		0.641
UF (ml)	105.20 ± 536.80	95.23 ± 628.30		0.904
Urine (ml)	1016.00 ± 640.00	1165.00 ± 636.80		0.107
4 h D/P Cr	0.62 ± 0.12	0.65 ± 0.12		0.036
Kt/V	2.07(1.78,2.41)	2.24(1.87,2.71)		0.041
nPCR [g/(kg·d)]	0.92(0.79,1.08)	0.91(0.75,1.16)		0.713

BMI: body mass index; Hb: haemoglobin; Alb: serum albumin; CRP: C reactive protein; UF: ultrafiltration; 4 h D/P Cr: 4-hour dialysate over plasma ratio for creatinine; Kt/V: urea clearance index; nPCR: normalized protein catabolic rate