Research Article
Relation of Wnt Signaling Pathway Inhibitors (Sclerostin and Dickkopf-1) to Left Ventricular Mass Index in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients
Table 1
Some demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of the whole cohort.
| Parameter | Study group (n = 65) |
| Age (years) | 46.14 ± 16.201 | Gender | Male | 55.6% | Female | 44.4% | Dry weight (kg) | 73.16 ± 15.89 | Midarm circumference (cm) | 29.52 ± 4.25 | Waist circumference (cm) | 98.21 ± 16.43 | BMI | 26.53 ± 5.31 | BSA | 1.82 ± 0.23 | Smoking | Current smoker | 6 (10%) | Ex-smoker | 6 (10%) | Nonsmoker | 51 (80%) | HD duration (months) | 35 (6.00–168) | Hypertension | 85.2% | Diabetes | 13.1% | Coronary artery disease | 9.8% | Kt/v | 1.13 ± 0.28 | Serum albumin (g/dl) | 3.7262 ± 0 .43928 | Serum calcium (mg/dl) | 8.3000 ± 0.92718 | Serum phosphorus (mg/dl) | 4.9344 ± 1.58481 | iPTH (pg/ml) | 49 (16–221) | Alkaline phosphatase | 145 (11–2152) | HB (gm/dl) | 9.3820 ± 1.65081 |
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kg: kilogram; cm: centimeter; BMI: body mass index; BSA: body surface are; Kt/v: kinetic time over volume; gm/dl: gram/deciliter; mg/dl: milligram/deciliter; iPTH: intact parathyroid hormone; pg/ml: picogram/millimeter; HG: hemoglobin.
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