Relation of Wnt Signaling Pathway Inhibitors (Sclerostin and Dickkopf-1) to Left Ventricular Mass Index in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

Table 2

Comparative analysis of some demographic and echocardiographic data among the studied two subgroups.

Parameter	Subgroup 1	Subgroup 2	value
Age (years)	37.61 ± 14.47	51.74 ± 14.93	0.001
BMI	27.018 ± 5.88	26.23 ± 4.99	0.573
BSA	1.835 ± .239	1.816 ± .220	0.754
HD duration (month)	31.00 (6.00–168)	35.50 (6.00–144)	0.318
DM	8.3%	16.2%	0.462
HTN	75.0%	87.2%	0.136
Midarm circ (cm)	30.50 ± 4.89	28.89 ± 3.71	0.150
Waist circ (cm)	97.71 ± 14.54	98.54 ± 17.74	0.849
Dry weight (kg)	74.04 ± 17.32	72.58 ± 15.11	0.729
Systolic BP (mmhg)	134.58 ± 16.41	144.05 ± 14.036	0.019
Diastolic BP (mmhg)	82.92 ± 9.55	87.84 ± 7.124	0.025
E/A	0.905 (.52–1.62)	0.760 (.35–1.65)	0.069
E_ declaration (m sec)	154.17 ± 37.13	164.04 ± 37.95	0.316
E1/A1	0.7900 (.36–1.88)	0.640 (.40–1.83)	0.237
IVRT (m sec)	76.75 ± 11.97	76.82 ± 9.98	0.980
IVCT (m sec)	71.13 ± 9.72	72.36 ± 9.04	0.611
ET (m sec)	285.17 ± 20.74	285.10 ± 17.37	0.990
MPI	0.517 ± .0463	0.523 ± .045	0.576
AVC	(0–2)	(0–4)	< 0.001
MVC	(0–2)	(0–4)	0.005

Significant at . Highly significant at . BMI: body mass index; BSA: body surface area; HD: hemodialysis; DM: diabetes mellitus; HTN: hypertension; circ: circumference; cm: centimeter; kg: kilogram; E/A: early diastolic mitral inflow velocity/late diastolic mitral inflow velocity; E1/A1: early diastolic mitral annular velocity/late diastolic mitral annular velocity; IVCT: isovolumetric contraction time; m sec: millisecond; IVRT: isovolumetric relaxation time; MPI: myocardial performance index; AVC: aortic valve calcification; MVC: mitral valve calcification.