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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with ESRD

From: Associations of GSTM1*0 and GSTA1*Agenotypes with the risk of cardiovascular death among hemodialyses patients

Variable

ESRD patients

Age (years)*

59.1 ± 11.6

Gender, n (%)

 

  Male

84 (42.2)

  Female

115 (57.8)

Diabetes, n (%)

 

  Present

25 (12.6)

  Absent

165 (82.9)

Smoking, n (%)

 

  Current + Former

54 (27.1)

  Never

142 (71.4)

BMI (kg/m2)

24.5

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.7 ± 1.1

Urea (mmol/L)

24.4 ± 4.8

Creatinine (μmol/L)

880.2 ± 238.6

Serum iron (μmol/L)

11.3 ± 5.6

GSTA1, n (%)

 

*A/*A

70 (35.2)

*A/*B

90 (45.2)

*B/*B

39 (19.6)

GSTM1, n (%)

 

active a

80 (40.2)

Null b

119 (59.8)

GSTP1, n (%)

 

Ile/Ile

75 (37.7)

Ile/Val

77 (38.7)

Val/Val

47 (23.6)

GSTT1, n (%)

 

active a

132 (66.3)

Null b

67 (33.7)

  1. aActive (present) if at least one active allele present. bInactive (null) if no active alleles present.
  2. *x ± SD.