Table 1 Clinical and biochemical characteristics.

From: Paradoxical positive association of serum adiponectin with all-cause mortality based on body composition in Japanese haemodialysis patients

 

All (n = 113)

Lower adiponectin (n = 57)

Higher adiponectin (n = 56)

p value

Age (years)

61.6 ± 10.8

61.8 ± 10.6

61.4 ± 11.0

0.8315

Duration of HD (years)

6.5 ± 3.0

6.1 ± 2.9

6.9 ± 3.0

0.1683

Diabetes mellitus (yes/no)

50/63

26/31

24/32

0.9146

Body weight (kg)

59.3 ± 9.4

60.9 ± 10.3

57.5 ± 8.2

0.0686

Body mass index (kg/m2)

21.9 ± 3.0

22.4 ± 3.3

21.3 ± 2.6

0.0585

Fat mass (kg)

12.7 ± 5.8

14.3 ± 5.9

11.1 ± 5.1

0.0026

Percent truncal fat mass (%)

46.3 ± 8.3

49.2 ± 8.1

43.4 ± 7.5

0.0001

Albumin (g/dL)

3.8 ± 0.3

3.8 ± 0.2

3.8 ± 0.3

0.3248

hs-CRP (ÎĽg/dL)

119 (46–470)

107 (40–396)

122 (62–691)

0.9146

Adiponectin (ÎĽg/mL)

17.6 (11.7–24.5)

11.7 (8.0–15.0)

24.7 (20.9–32.3)

<0.0001

  1. Data are expressed in mean ± SD, or median (IQR).
  2. Differences in mean and median values were examined by Student’s t-test and the Mann–Whitney U test, respectively.
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