Table 2 Patient characteristics for exchange experiments.

From: Contribution of the uremic milieu to an increased pro-inflammatory monocytic phenotype in chronic kidney disease

Characteristics

Controls (n = 8)

HD (n = 8)

Age, years

42.8 ± 12.8

70.8 ± 19.7*

Gender (M/F)

0/8

6/2

BMI (kg/m²)

22.2 ± 2.5

23.0 ± 4.2

Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.8 ± 0.1

7.2 ± 1.5*

Serum protein content (g/L)

68.8 ± 2.3

65.5 ± 5.3

CRP (mg/L)

1.4 ± 2.9

5.0 ± 6.6

WBC (/µl)

588 ± 153″

5522 ± 154

Monocytes (/µl)

506 ± 124.4

427 ± 247

  1. Data reported are mean ± SD. *p < 0.005 vs. control. Abbreviations: CRP: C-reactive protein, WBC: white blood cells; HD: hemodialysis; BMI: body mass index.
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