Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the hemodialysis patients and comparisons between those with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).
All patients | Patients without type 2 DM | Patients with type 2 DM | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 67.3 ± 10.9 | 67.9 ± 11.1 | 66.8 ± 10.5 | 0.600 |
Gender (male/female) | 163 (89/74) | 89 (45/44) | 74 (44/30) | 0.256 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 21.3 ± 3.95 | 20.9 ± 3.96 | 21.8 ± 3.96 | 0.07 |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 149.4 ± 26.4 | 147.5 ± 24.7 | 151.7 ± 28.5 | 0.245 |
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 75.3 ± 13.0 | 74.2 ± 9.27 | 76.7 ± 16.4 | 0.11 |
Dialysis duration (months) | 100 ± 87 | 129 ± 100 | 66 ± 53 | <0.001 |
Plasma glucose (mg/dL) | 114 ± 44 | 97 ± 21 | 128 ± 43 | <0.001 |
Glycated albumin (%) | — | — | 20.1 ± 4.73 | — |
Diabetes duration (years) | — | — | 22.9 ± 12.8 | — |
Urea nitrogen (mg/dL) | 65 ± 16 | 66 ± 16 | 64 ± 16 | 0.381 |
Creatinine (mg/dL) | 9.9 ± 2.4 | 10.3 ± 2.6 | 9.4 ± 2.1 | 0.021 |
Serum albumin (g/dL) | 3.2 ± 0.3 | 3.2 ± 0.3 | 3.2 ± 0.3 | 0.859 |
Alanine transaminase (IU/L) | 11 ± 7 | 11 ± 7 | 11 ± 7 | 0.932 |
Uric acid (mg/dL) | 7.3 ± 1.5 | 7.4 ± 1.4 | 7.2 ± 1.5 | 0.184 |
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 10.5 ± 1.2 | 10.6 ± 1.3 | 10.4 ± 1.0 | 0.209 |
Hs-CRP† (mg/dL) | 0.15 ± 0.27 | 0.12 ± 0.12 | 0.19 ± 0.40 | 0.255 |
Corrected calcium (mg/dL) | 9.5 ± 0.8 | 9.4 ± 0.8 | 9.5 ± 0.7 | 0.881 |
Phosphate (mg/dL) | 5.4 ± 1.3 | 5.5 ± 1.3 | 5.4 ± 1.3 | 0.957 |
Alkaline phosphatase (IU/L) | 278 ± 145 | 266 ± 143 | 285 ± 138 | 0.521 |
Intact-PTH‡ (pg/mL) | 168 ± 132 | 169 ± 133 | 169 ± 133 | 0.954 |
XOR§ (pmol/h/mL) | 21.4 ± 13.5 | 19.8 ± 12.4 | 23.4 ± 14.6 | 0.032 |
