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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study patients stratified by infection events

From: Association of endothelin genetic variants and hospitalized infection complications in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients

 

Infection events (n = 106)

No infection events (n = 84)

P value

Sex: Male, n (%)

58 (54.7%)

45 (53.6%)

0.875

Age (years)

66 ± 13

62 ± 13

0.020

Dialysis vintage (years)

4.6 ± 4.0

4.9 ± 6.1

0.705

Current smoking (%)

16 (15.1%)

9 (10.7%)

0.375

Diabetes, n (%)

55 (51.9%)

35 (41.7%)

0.161

ERI (unit/week/kg/Hb)

8.2 ± 6.9

8.6 ± 4.1

0.670

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

10.7 ± 1.3

10.8 ± 1.0

0.764

Albumin (g/dL)

3.9 ± 0.4

4.0 ± 0.4

0.033

Ferritin (mg/dL)

510 ± 664

390 ± 431

0.153

Iron (mg/dL)

66 ± 24

68 ± 31

0.610

TIBC (mg/dL)

231 ± 40

247 ± 54

0.024

Serum iPTH (pg/mL)

280 ± 349

390 ± 377

0.050

Kt/V

1.52 ± 0.30

1.48 ± 0.28

0.459

Cause of ESRD, n (%)

0.253

 Hypertension

21 (19.8%)

16 (19.0%)

 

 Diabetes

54 (50.9%)

33 (39.3%)

 

 GN

18 (17.0%)

20 (23.8%)

 

 CHF

5 (4.7%)

3 (3.6%)

 

 Others

8 (7.5%)

12 (14.3%)

 

Infection events

 Bacteremia

24 (22.6%)

  

 Pneumonia

38 (35.8%)

  

 UTI

10 (9.4%)

  

 Cellulitis

22 (20.8%)

  

 Peritonitis

21 (19.8%)

  

 IAI

10 (9.4%)

  
  1. The P values of < 0.05 are shown in bold
  2. Abbreviations: CHF congestive heart failure, ERI erythropoietin resistance index, GN glomerulonephritis, IAI intra-abdominal infection, iPTH parathyroid hormone, TIBC total iron binding capacity, UTI urinary tract infection