Table 1 Demographics of patients according to CV events or not.

Age

57 ± 14

52 ± 12

63 ± 14

0.017

Sex (male, %)

24 (68.6%)

12 (63.2%)

12 (75.0%)

0.452

HD vintage (years)

6.3 ± 6.8

4.6 ± 4.2

8.2 ± 8.8

0.128

Smoking

8 (22.9%)

3 (15.8%)

5 (31.3%)

0.278

BMI

24.1 ± 4.0

23.5 ± 4.2

24.8 ± 3.7

0.348

DM

14 (40%)

5 (26.3%)

9 (56.3%)

0.072

HTN

25 (71.4%)

16 (84.2%)

9 (56.3%)

0.068

Hyperlipidemia

20 (57.1%)

8 (42.1%)

12 (75.0%)

0.050

Aspirin

7 (20%)

3 (15.8%)

4 (25.0%)

0.497

Clopidogrel

7 (20%)

1 (5.3%)

6 (37.5%)

0.018

ACEI/ARB

15 (42.9%)

11 (57.9%)

4 (25.0%)

0.050

Beta blockers

12 (34.3%)

6 (31.6%)

6 (37.5%)

0.713

CCB

13 (37.1%)

8 (42.1%)

5 (31.3%)

0.508

Midodrine

6 (17.1%)

2 (10.5%)

4 (25.0%)

0.258

Statins

7 (20%)

3 (15.8%)

4 (25.0%)

0.497

OHA

5 (14.3%)

1 (5.3%)

4 (25.0%)

0.096

Insulin

6 (17.1%)

1 (5.3%)

5 (31.3%)

0.042

Albumin

4.0 ± 0.3

4.1 ± 0.3

3.9 ± 0.3

0.118

BUN

71 ± 15

71 ± 13

71 ± 17

0.963

Cr

11.9 ± 2.2

12.1 ± 2.0

11.7 ± 2.4

0.573

K

4.8 ± 0.7

5.1 ± 0.7

4.6 ± 0.7

0.042

Ca

9.2 ± 0.9

9.0 ± 0.9

9.4 ± 0.9

0.217

P

5.4 ± 1.7

5.5 ± 1.6

5.3 ± 1.9

0.796

Hb

11.2 ± 1.2

11.4 ± 1.0

11.0 ± 1.5

0.311

HbA1c

7.6 ± 2.0

6.6 ± 2.1

8.2 ± 1.9

0.189

PTH

348 ± 299

414 ± 317

270 ± 264

0.158

UFR

0.7 ± 0.3

0.8 ± 0.4

0.7 ± 0.3

0.580

Duration

3.9 ± 0.3

3.9 ± 0.2

3.9 ± 0.3

0.549

Mean Qb

259 ± 28

258 ± 21

261 ± 35

0.747

SBP_start

146 ± 34

154 ± 32

138 ± 34

0.164

DBP_start

80 ± 18

82 ± 18

78 ± 20

0.495

HR_start

76 ± 10

75 ± 9

78 ± 11

0.505

SBP_end

143 ± 29

146 ± 25

140 ± 35

0.572

DBP_end

86 ± 19

89 ± 17

83 ± 20

0.408

HR_end

78 ± 15

78 ± 18

78 ± 12

0.926