| |
All patients (n = 90)
|
Diabetic patients (n = 46)
|
Nondiabetic patients (n = 44)
|
P valuea
|
|---|
|
Age (years)
|
68.8 ± 12.1
|
66.3 ± 11.4
|
71.3 ± 12.5
|
0.0536
|
|
Gender (male)
|
66.6
|
73.9
|
59.1
|
0.135
|
|
Hemodialysis vintage (months)
|
115.8 ± 166.1
|
102.4 ± 194.9
|
129.4 ± 131.2
|
0.447
|
|
Body mass index (kg/m2)
|
21.2 ± 3.9
|
22.0 ± 4.4
|
20.4 ± 3.1
|
0.0596
|
|
Hemoglobin (g/dl)
|
9.9 ± 1.4
|
10.2 ± 1.4
|
9.6 ± 1.5
|
0.062
|
|
Albumin (g/dl)
|
3.3 ± 0.4
|
3.3 ± 0.4
|
3.3 ± 0.4
|
0.7119
|
|
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dl)
|
60.1 ± 17.8
|
62.1 ± 18.7
|
58.0 ± 16.8
|
0.2767
|
|
Creatinine (mg/dl)
|
9.7 ± 3.1
|
9.1 ± 3.0
|
10.4 ± 3.2
|
0.0480
|
|
Diabetes (%)
|
51.1
|
100
|
0
|
<0.0001
|
|
Oral hypoglycemic agent (%)
|
14.4
|
28.3
|
0
|
<0.0001
|
|
Insulin (%)
|
13.3
|
26.1
|
0
|
<0.0001
|
|
Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (IU/week)
|
5270.8 ± 4186.5
|
5225.5 ± 4428.9
|
5318.2 ± 3968.0
|
0.9171
|
- Variables are presented as mean ± SD
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aDiabetic patients vs nondiabetic patients
