Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population (n = 100)

Age (year)

64.3 ± 11.7

64.4 ± 11.8

0.962

gender

0.029

Male

17(35.4%)

30(57.7%)

female

31(65.6%)

22(42.3%)

BMI (kg/m²)

21.9 ± 3.3

22.7 ± 3.3

0.248

KT/V

1.6 ± 0.2

1.5 ± 0.3

0.551

Dialysis vintage (m)

56.9 ± 32.2

44.8 ± 32.0

0.062

Diabetes

9/39(23.1%)

11/41(21.2%)

0.807

ACEI/ARB (case)

6/48(12.5%)

6/52(11.5%)

1.000

Statins (case)

2/48(4.2%)

3/52(5.8%)

1.000

BUN (mmol/l)

25.2 ± 5.6

24.9 ± 7.3

0.884

Scr (umol/l)

783.9 ± 179.7

920.1 ± 256.9

0.058

prealbumin (mg/l)

295.6 ± 86.6

315.3 ± 85.8

0.256

albumin (g/l)

38.2 ± 3.7

40.0 ± 4.2

0.023

hemoglobin (g/l)

107.2 ± 16.6

111.4 ± 17.3

0.217

ERI

10.7 ± 8.6

9.3 ± 6.1

0.323

Ferritin (ug/l)

417.8 ± 266.5

461.9 ± 287.1

0.429

Vitamin C (μg/mL)

1.5 ± 0.8

2.0 ± 0.9

0.003

Median(IQR)

Median(IQR)

hsCRP(mg/l)

9.6 (6.0-13.8)

6.2(4.2-11.0)

0.005