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Table 1 Background characteristics of the study participants

From: Association between B-lines detected during lung ultrasound and various factors in hemodialysis patients

Characteristic

Quantity

Gender (M/F)

24/25

Age (year)

74.5ā€‰Ā±ā€‰11.2

Duration of HD (year)

3.4 (2.1ā€“7.2)

Primary cause of ESKD, n (%)

ā€ƒChronic glomerulonephritis

8 (16.3)

ā€ƒDiabetic nephropathy

22 (44.9)

ā€ƒNephrosclerosis

10 (20.4)

ā€ƒUnknown and others

9 (18.4)

Hypertension, n (%)

41 (83.7)

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

21 (42.9)

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

10 (20.4)

Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

6 (12.2)

Use of antihypertensive drug, n (%)

38 (77.6)

History of coronary artery disease, n (%)

ā€ƒPCI

4 (8.2)

ā€ƒCABG

3 (6.1)

Vascular access

Ā 

ā€ƒArteriovenous fistula

43 (87.8)

ā€ƒArteriovenous graft

2 (4.1)

ā€ƒSubcutaneously fixed superficial artery

2 (4.1)

ā€ƒVenous catheter

2 (4.1)

Body weight (kg)

52.7ā€‰Ā±ā€‰11.5

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

141ā€‰Ā±ā€‰26

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

73ā€‰Ā±ā€‰16

Heart rate (beat/minute)

75ā€‰Ā±ā€‰13

Ejection fraction (%)

60ā€‰Ā±ā€‰12

B-lines (number)

10.8ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.6

  1. Mean Ā± SD, median (interquartile range: IQR)
  2. HD hemodialysis, ESKD end-stage kidney disease, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, CABG coronary artery bypass grafting