Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of patients on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis

From: The effects of dialysis modalities on the progression of coronary artery calcification in dialysis patients

 

HD (n = 69)

PD (n = 86)

P Value

Age (years)

52.1 ± 13.3

54.2 ± 11.7

0.306

Dialysis vintage (months)

38.0 (12.0,75.0)

26.0 (12.8,58.0)

0.084

Male (n, %)

47 (68.1)

39 (45.4)

0.006*

DM (n, %)

17 (24.6)

36 (41.9)

0.028*

Primary causes of ESRD [n (%)]

 CGN

38 (55.1)

40 (46.5)

0.289

 DN

14 (20.3)

22 (25.6)

0.438

 CTIN

6 (8.7)

8 (9.3)

0.896

 HN

4 (5.8)

12 (14.0)

0.107

 Others

7 (10.1)

4 (4.6)

0.294

CVD in history, n (%)

19 (27.5)

21 (24.4)

0.621

BMI (Kg/m2)

22.64 ± 3.65

23.06 ± 3.60

0.476

Time-averaged test value

 Hb (g/L)

114.5 (111.0,116.4)

115.6 (110.9117.3)

0.345

 Alb (g/L)

40.1 ± 2.3

38.3 ± 2.9

< 0.001*

 cCa (mmol/L)

2.31 ± 0.34

2.38 ± 0.11

0.114

 P (mmol/L)

1.66 ± 0.37

1.56 ± 0.62

0.335

 iPTH (pg/ml)

170.6 (81.8363.2)

187.9 (107.8340.8)

0.615

 Scr (umol/L)

1043 ± 227

960 ± 273

0.078

 CRP (mg/L)

3.16 (1.53, 6.33)

2.44 (1.54, 4.53)

0.669

 LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.13 ± 0.58

2.97 ± 0.74

< 0.001*

 HDL-C (mmol/L)

0.92 (0.85, 1.09)

1.06 (0.93, 1.28)

0.006*

 T-Cho (mmol/L)

4.24 ± 0.81

5.17 ± 0.96

< 0.001*

 CRP (mg/L)

3.16 (1.53, 6.33)

2.44 (1.54, 4.53)

0.669

Medication use

 Calcium-based P bindera (n, %)

56 (100.0)

56 (88.9)

0.029*

 Non-calcium-based P binderb (n, %)

3 (5.3)

12 (19.1)

0.023*

 Cinacalcet (n, %)

2 (3.5)

1 (1.6)

0.918

 Vitamin D analogue (n, %)

29 (50.9)

15 (23.8)

0.002*

 Baseline CAC Score

97 (1744)

95 (0, 324)

0.361

  1. *P < 0.05 Notes: CGN: chronic glomerulonephritis; DN: diabetic nephropathy; CTIN: chronic tubulointerstitial nephropathy; HN: hypertensive nephropathy; BMI: body mass index; Hb: hemoglobin; Alb: albumin; cCa: corrected calcium; P: phosphate; iPTH: Intact Parathyroid Hormone; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; CO2CP: carbon dioxide combining power; Scr: serum creatinine; UA: uric acid; TG: triglyceride; LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; T-Cho: total cholesterol; a, calcium carbonate; b, lanthanum carbonate or sevelamer