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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants

From: Prognostic value of soluble ST2 and soluble LR11 on mortality and cardiovascular events in peritoneal dialysis patients

 

N = 74

Age (years)

53.9 ± 11.8

Male, n (%)

47 (63.5)

Duration of PD (months)

30.0 (16.0–96.0)

Cases of ESRD, n (%)

 Diabetic kidney disease

21 (28.4%)

 Hypertensive nephrosclerosis

19 (25.7%)

 Glomerulonephritis

17 (23.0%)

 Polycystic kidney disease

3 (4.1%)

aOthers

3 (4.1%)

 Unknown

11 (14.9%)

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

21 (28.4)

Cardiovascular disease, n (%)

10 (13.5)

Ever-smokers, n (%)

29 (39.2)

Lipid-lowering therapy, n (%)

28 (37.8)

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

133.7 ± 21.5

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

75.0 ± 11.6

Body mass index (kg/m2)

23.1 ± 2.8

Hemoglobin (g/L)

104 ± 11

Glucose (mmol/L)

5.3 ± 2.4

Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/L)

7.4 ± 2.1

Creatinine (μmol/L)

972.4 ± 371.3

Albumin (g/L)

35 ± 5

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.3 ± 0.8

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.3 ± 0.9

LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

2.4 ± 0.7

HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.1 ± 0.3

Calcium (mmol/L)

2.2 ± 0.2

Phosphorous (mmol/L)

1.7 ± 0.5

Total Kt/V urea (per week)

2.1 ± 0.4

nPCR (g/kg/day)

0.97 ± 0.17

hs-CRP (mg/L)

0.96 (0.62–2.10)

sST2 (ng/mL)

75.0 ± 26.6

sLR11 (ng/mL)

16.4 ± 4.8

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation, median (interquartile range), or number of patients (percent)
  2. Abbreviations: hs-CRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, HDL high-density lipoprotein, Kt/V urea fractional urea clearance, LDL low-density lipoprotein, nPCR normalized protein catabolic rate, PD peritoneal dialysis, sLR11 soluble form of low-density lipoprotein receptor relative with 11 ligand-binding repeats, sST2 soluble form of suppression of tumorigenicity 2
  3. aOthers: interstitial nephritis, obstructive uropathy, or post status of nephrectomy