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Table 1 Baseline description and comparison

From: Impact of frequent intradialytic hypotension on quality of life in patients undergoing hemodialysis

Factor

Classification

Frequent IDH

Chi2/t

P

No (n = 112)

Yes (n = 48)

Gender, n(%)

Male

32 (28.6%)

26 (54.2%)

9.53

0.0020

 

Female

80 (71.4%)

22 (45.8%)

  

ESRD etiology

CGN

31 (27.7%)

15 (31.2%)

8.61

0.0350

 

DM

23 (20.5%)

15 (31.3%)

  
 

HTN

29 (25.9%)

3 (6.2%)

  
 

Others

29 (25.9%)

15 (31.3%)

  

VA type

AVF

101 (90.2%)

39 (81.2%)

0.0310*

 

AVG

4 (3.6%)

0 (0.0%)

  
 

TCC

7 (6.2%)

9 (18.8%)

  

Age (year)

(m ± sd)

61.6 ± 11.0

64.0 ± 11.7

1.23

0.2188

Vintage (month)

median (IQR)

51.0 (25.0, 89.0)

59.0 (29.5, 90.0)

1.04

0.2971#

IDWG%

(m ± sd)

3.5 ± 1.3

3.9 ± 1.0

1.77

0.0800

uf (L)

(m ± sd)

2.3 ± 0.9

2.4 ± 0.7

0.72

0.4755

Pre-SBP (mmHg)

(m ± sd)

144.5 ± 14.9

133.5 ± 23.8

2.97

0.0042

Pre-DBP (mmHg)

(m ± sd)

80.3 ± 8.7

75.6 ± 12.1

2.46

0.0165

Kt/V

(m ± sd)

1.3 ± 0.3

1.4 ± 0.3

1.09

0.2777

BMI (Kg/m2)

(m ± sd)

21.9 ± 3.3

21.6 ± 2.8

0.51

0.6097

LDL-C (mmol/L)

(m ± sd)

2.5 ± 1.0

2.9 ± 0.9

0.22

0.0276

  1. Abbreviations: ESRD = end-stage renal disease, VA = vascular access, AVF = arteriovenous fistula, AVG = arteriovenous graft, TCC = cuffed catheter, idwg = interdialysis weight gain, uf = average reality ultrafiltration volume, BMI = body mass index, LDL = low-density lipoprotein, Pre-SBP = predialysis Systolic Blood Pressure, Pre-DBP = predialysis Diastolic Blood Pressure, Kt/V: Urea clearance index
  2. *Fisher’s exact test
  3. # Kruskal‒Wallis test was employed due to the skewed distribution