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.

ParameterStudy group (n = 65)

Age (years)46.14 ± 16.201
GenderMale55.6%
Female44.4%
Dry weight (kg)73.16 ± 15.89
Midarm circumference (cm)29.52 ± 4.25
Waist circumference (cm)98.21 ± 16.43
BMI26.53 ± 5.31
BSA1.82 ± 0.23
SmokingCurrent smoker6 (10%)
Ex-smoker6 (10%)
Nonsmoker51 (80%)
HD duration (months)35 (6.00–168)
Hypertension85.2%
Diabetes13.1%
Coronary artery disease9.8%
Kt/v1.13 ± 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 phosphatase145 (11–2152)
HB (gm/dl)9.3820 ± 1.65081

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.