Table 1 Sociodemographic, clinical, and laboratory data of the studied patients (n = 41)

Sociodemographic data:

Age, years

44.18 ± 13.11

42.35 ± 8.57

45.47 ± 15.61

0.418*

Gender:

0.812***

Male

25(61%)

10(58.8%)

15(62.5%)

Female

16(39%)

7(41.2%)

9(37.5%)

Marital status:

0.056***

Married

32(78%)

16(94.1%)

16(66.7%)

Non-married

9(22%)

1(5.9%)

8(33.3%)

Associated comorbidities:

DM

2(4.9%)

1(5.9%)

1(4.2%)

1***

HTN

27(65.9%)

13(76.5%)

14(58.3%)

0.228***

HD duration, months

48(6-170)

48(12–122)

54(6-170)

0.404**

Laboratory data:

Blood hemoglobin, gm/dl

10.27 ± 1.44

10.61 ± 0.98

10.03 ± 1.67

0.176*

Serum albumin, gm/dl

3.99 ± 0.38

4.10 ± 0.39

3.91 ± 0.35

0.122*

Serum calcium, mg/dl

8.19 ± 0.82

8.46 ± 0.80

8 ± 0.79

0.084*

Serum phosphorus, mg/dl

5.32 ± 1.74

5 ± 1.75

5.54 ± 1.73

0.343*

iPTH, pg/mL

405(6.8–1559)

455(6.8–1559)

370(47.40–1467)

0.653**

Serum ferritin, ng/mL

282.6(5-1203)

374(32.6–1018)

221.5(5-1203)

0.296**

URR, %

60.88 ± 8.20

58.80 ± 7.92

62.61 ± 8.25

0.189*

Kt/V

1.16 ± 0.28

1.10 ± 0.24

1.22 ± 0.31

0.212*