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Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics and laboratory data

From: Circulating Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin type 9 level independently predicts incident cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in hemodialysis black Africans patients

Variables

All

n = 207

Living

n = 116

Deceased

n = 91

p value

Age (years)

55.4 ± 13.9

55.9 ± 14.3

54.7 ± 13.4

0.550

Sex

   

0.403

  Male

153 (73.9)

87 (75.0)

66 (72.5)

 

  Female

54 (26.1)

29 (25.0)

25 (27.5)

 

FH-HBP

96 (46.4)

50 (43.1)

46(50.5)

0.177

FH-DM

54(26.1)

29(25.0)

25(27.5)

0.403

FH-KF

10(4.8)

6(5.2)

4(4.4)

0.532

FH-obesity

17(8.2)

11(9.5)

6(6.6)

0.313

FH-gout

4(1.9)

3(2.6)

1(1.1)

0.407

High blood pressure

181(87.4)

100(86.2)

81(89.0)

0.350

Diabetes mellitus

58(28.0)

32(27.6)

26(28.6)

0.499

Gout

16(7.7)

11(9.5)

5(5.5)

0.212

Cardiovascular event

98(47.3)

14(12.1)

84(92.3)

< 0.001

Hypertensive cardiopathy

34(16.4)

10(8.6)

24(26.4)

0.001

Stroke

32(15.5)

4(3.4)

28(30.8)

< 0.001

Heart failure

5(2.4)

0

5(5.5)

0.015

Dilated cardiomyopathy

23(11.1)

3(2.6)

20(22.0)

< 0.001

Myocardial infarction

10(4.8)

0

10(11.0)

< 0.001

Deep vein thrombosis

9(4.3)

0

9(9.9)

< 0.001

Physical inactivity

192 (92.8)

104(89.7)

88(96.7)

0.044

Smoking

42(20.3)

25(21.6)

17(18.7)

0.370

Alcohol

100(48.3)

62(53.4)

38(41.8)

0.063

NSAI

40(19.3)

26(22.4)

14(15.4)

0.137

Traditional plants

48(23.2)

22(19.0)

26(28.6)

0.135

Obesity

17(8.2)

10(8.6)

7(7.7)

0.509

Overweight

47(22.7)

32(27.6)

15(16.5)

0.041

Hypercholesterolemia

32(15.5)

21(18.1)

11(12.1)

0.160

Low HDLc

152(73.4)

88(75.9)

64(70.3)

0.231

High LDLc

68(32.9)

38(32.8)

30(33.0)

0.546

Hypertriglyceridemia

61(29.5)

34(29.3)

27(29.7)

0.538

ABI

1.16 ± 0.20

1.16 ± 0.19

1.15 ± 0.20

0.333

  < 0.9

8(3.9)

3(2.6)

5(5.5)

 

  0.9–1.3

144(69.6)

85(73.3)

59(64.8)

 

  > 1.3

55(26.6)

28(24.1)

27(29.7)

 

Radial pulse (bpm)

89.1 ± 13.5

89.1 ± 14.5

89.1 ± 12.2

0.991

BMI (kg/m2)

23.4 ± 4.8

23.9 ± 5.2

22.6 ± 4.1

0.042

Fat mass (%)

27.1 ± 9.1

26.6 ± 9.2

27.7 ± 9.1

0.396

Kt/V

1,29 ± 0,17

1,41 ± 0,12

1,14 ± 0,04

< 0,001

Kt/V ≤ 1.26

105 (50.7)

14 (21.1)

91 (100.0)

< 0.001

S. Albumin (g/dL)

3,53 ± 0,70

3,76 ± 0,69

3,22 ± 0,58

< 0,001

S. Albumin < 3.5 (g/dL)

109 (52.7)

42 (36.2)

67 (73.6)

< 0.001

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation, absolute (n) proportions or relative frequency (%). ABI ankle-brachial index, BMI body mass index, FH-DM family history of diabetes mellitus, FH-HBP family history of high blood pressure, FH-KF family history of kidney failure, NSAIs non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs