Table 1 Patient demographics
All patients | Duration of HD <10 years patients | Duration of HD ≥10 years patients | p values | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 178 | (Group 1; n = 128) | (Group 2; n = 50) | ||||
Age | mean ± SD | (years) | 59.2 ± 10.7 | 60.0 ± 10.5 | 57.4 ± 11.0 | 0.19 |
Duration of dialysis | mean ± SD | (years) | 8.1 ± 6.8 | 4.5 ± 2.5 | 17.3 ± 5.4 | <0.001 |
Body mass index | mean ± SD | (kg/m/m) | 23.5 ± 8.4 | 24.3 ± 8.7 | 21.2 ± 7.1 | 0.01 |
Primary renal diseases | 0.02 | |||||
Diabetes mellitus | n | (%) | 54 (30) | 49 (38) | 5 (10) | |
Chronic glomerular nephritis | n | (%) | 64 (36) | 34 (27) | 30 (60) | |
Hypertensive nephrosclerosis | n | (%) | 13 (7) | 12 (9) | 1 (2) | |
Others | n | (%) | 47 (26) | 33 (26) | 14 (28) | |
Comorbidities | ||||||
Hypertension | n | (%) | 156 (88) | 115 (90) | 41 (82) | 0.19 |
Diabetes mellitus | n | (%) | 48 (27) | 45 (35) | 3 (6) | <0.001 |
Hyperlipidemia | n | (%) | 25 (14) | 20 (16) | 5 (10) | 0.47 |
Hyperuricemia | n | (%) | 42 (25) | 37 (29) | 5 (10) | 0.010 |
Cardiovascular disease | n | (%) | 36 (20) | 30 (23) | 6 (12) | 0.100 |
Cerebrovascular disease | n | (%) | 13 (7) | 8 (6) | 5 (10) | 0.52 |
Liver dysfunction | n | (%) | 10 (6) | 4 (3) | 6 (12) | 0.03 |
Depression | n | (%) | 2 (1) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 |
Smoking | 0.699 | |||||
Former smoker | n | (%) | 90 (51) | 62 (48) | 28 (56) | |
Current smoker | n | (%) | 41 (23) | 31 (24) | 10 (20) | |
Alcohol consumption | 0.39 | |||||
Social drinker | n | (%) | 70 (39) | 47 (37) | 23 (46) | |
Daily drinker | n | (%) | 20 (11) | 14 (11) | 6 (12) | |
Presence of sexual partner | n | (%) | 131 (74) | 100 (78) | 31 (62) | 0.08 |