Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study subjects (n = 93).

From: Correlation between lung ultrasound B lines and clinical as well as echocardiographic parameters in patients on maintenance hemodialysis

Characteristic

 

N

%

Age group -years

18–34 years

15

16.1%

35–49 years

33

35.5%

50–65 years

34

36.6%

> 65 years

11

11.8%

Gender

Male

66

71.0%

Female

27

29.0%

BMI-kg/m2

< 18.5

14

15.1%

18.5–22.9

38

40.9%

23 and above

41

44.1%

Addiction

Alcohol

9

9.7%

Smoking

9

9.7%

Tobacco Chewing

27

29.0%

None

56

60.2%

Native kidney disease

DKD

26

28.0%

Hypertensive kidney disease

30

32.3%

Undetermined

20

21.5%

Others

17

18.3%

Comorbidities

DM

28

30.10

HTN

78

83.9

IHD

7

7.5

CV Stroke

1

1.1

Hypothyroidism

4

4.3

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

5

5.4

Alcoholic liver disease

2

2.2

Dialysis frequency

Twice weekly

25

26.9

Thrice weekly

68

73.1

Dialysis Vintage

<=1year

30

32.3

> 1 year

63

67.7

Vascular access

AVF

80

86

TCC

13

14

Oedema

Present

5

5.4

Absent

88

94.6

Respiratory system examination

Crepitation present

8

8.6

Crepitation absent

85

91.4

KT/V urea

< 1.2

18

19.4

> 1.2

75

80.6

Dyspnoea NYHA class

Class I

15

16.1

Class II

50

53.8

Class III

28

30.1

Parameters

MEAN ± SD

  

HB (gm/dl)

10.3 ± 1.3

  

Pre HD CREAT (mg/dl)

7.9 ± 2.2

  

Pre HD-Urea (mg/dl)

72.1 ± 24.2

  

POST HD SBP (mmHG) at 30 min

160.8 ± 27.3

  

POST HD DBP (mmHG) at 30 min

88.9 ± 14.1

  

Dry weight (Kg)

56.5 ± 14.3

  

Interdialytic weight gain (Kg)

2.4 ± 1.2

  

Lung USG-B lines -pre-HD

3.58 ± 4.64

  

Lung USG-B lines -post HD

0.48 ± 1.42