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Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics of non-DM and T2DM HD patients before HD session

From: Association of higher arterial ketone body ratio (acetoacetate/β-hydroxybutyrate) with relevant nutritional marker in hemodialysis patients

 

All HD patients (n = 49)

Non-DM group (n = 24)

T2DM group (n = 25)

P value

Age, years

66.7 ± 11.5

68.6 ± 11.3

64.8 ± 11.6

0.2220

 Gender, male/female

32/17

13/11

19/6

0.1085

 BMI, kg/m2

22.7 ± 4.5

21.3 ± 4.3

24.0 ± 4.3

0.0494*

 HD duration, years

4.5 (2.5–6.3)

4.7 (3.4–7.1)

4.3 (2.2–5.5)

0.1497

 Interdialytic BW gain, %

5.3 (4.3–5.9)

5.4 (4.5–6.9)

5.2 (4.1–5.6)

0.2041

 Serum urea nitrogen, mg/dL

60.5 ± 16.1

64.4 ± 18.3

56.8 ± 12.5

0.1096

 Cre, mg/dL

10.0 ± 2.8

10.0 ± 2.7

10.1 ± 2.8

0.9045

 Alb, g/dL

3.6 (3.4–3.8)

3.5 (3.2–3.7)

3.7 (3.5–3.9)

0.0141*

 Fasting plasma glucose, mg/dL

122.0 (101.8–152.3)

115.5 (93.0–134.0)

145.0 (117.8–163.8)

0.0117*

 Glycoalbumin, %

16.8 ± 3.0

15.2 ± 2.2

18.2 ± 3.0

0.0003*

 CRP, mg/dL

0.11 (0.04–0.34)

0.11 (0.03–0.33)

0.11 (0.04–0.35)

0.6237

 LDL-C, mg/dL

78.9 (56.3–102.0)

83.0 (58.5–107.0)

75.0 (51.8–95.8)

0.3127

 Uric acid, mg/dL

5.9 (5.3–7.0)

6.2 (5.3–7.1)

5.8 (5.0–6.8)

0.3023

 cCa, mg/dL

8.4 ± 0.6

8.5 ± 0.6

8.4 ± 0.6

0.6378

 Pi, mg/dL

5.5 (4.9–6.1)

5.6 (4.9–6.1)

5.5 (4.8–6.2)

0.9920

Arterial blood

 pH

7.34 (7.32–7.36)

7.34 (7.31–7.36)

7.34 (7.33–7.36)

0.5754

 HCO3, mEq/L

19.9 ± 2.2

19.4 ± 2.6

20.4 ± 1.7

0.2844

 AcAc, μmol/L

26.0 (21.8–43.3)

26.0 (20.0–36.5)

28.0 (22.0–49.3)

0.3839

 β-HB, μmol/L

20.0 (14.8–42.0)

17.0 (11.5–36.0)

29.0 (17.0–59.5)

0.0134*

 AcAc/ β-HB ratio, μmol/μmol

1.18 (0.76–1.51)

1.35 (1.06–2.17)

0.91 (0.73–1.24)

0.0155*

  1. Values in parentheses show range. *Significant difference between non-DM and T2DM groups (p < 0.05)