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Table 1 Demographic and biochemical characteristics in hemodialysis patients

From: Malnutrition, a new inducer for arterial calcification in hemodialysis patients?

 

Normal nutrition (n = 23)

Malnutrition (n = 45)

P

Age (year)

63.43 ± 2.68

62.22 ± 2.26

0.74

Sex ratio (male/female)

13/10

22/23

0.83

Height (m)

1.64 ± 0.06

1.63 ± 0.67

0.99

Weight (kg)

61.93 ± 1.76

56.79 ± 1.56

0.046

BMI (g/m2)

23.00 ± 0.54

21.18 ±0.46

0.018

MQSGA

8.26 ± 1.73

25.28 ± 1.13

<0.001

Ca (mmol/L)

1.99 ± 0.041

2.10 ± 0.023

0.055

Ad-Ca (mg/dL)

8.13 ± 0.21

8.93 ± 0.15

<0.001

P (mmol/L)

1.21 ± 0.13

1.80 ± 0.11

0.0070

Ca × P (mg²/dL²)

44.67 ± 2.53

49.00 ± 2.82

0.035

PTH (pg/mL)

158.50 ± 20.44

535.10 ± 95.19

0.026

Alb (g/L)

37.63 ± 1.02

33.23 ± 1.45

<0.001

TG (mmol/L)

2.88 ± 0.75

1.85 ± 0.16

0.51

Chol (mmol/L)

3.40 ± 0.25

4.05 ± 0.15

0.78

LDL-c (mmol/L)

2.31 ± 0.21

2.34 ± 0.19

0.093

HDL-c (mmol/L)

1.28 ± 0.25

1.83 ± 0.15

0.013

  1. Values are given as mean ± SEM. Nutritional status was classified into two groups according to MQSGA score: normal nutrition group and malnutrition group.
  2. Ad-Ca, albumin adjusted serum calcium; Alb, albumin; BMI, body mass index; Ca × P, calcium × phosphorus product; Chol, cholesterone; HDL-c, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; MQSGA, modified quantitative subjective global assessment; P, phosphorus; PTH, parathyroid hormone; TG, triglyceride.