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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population (N = 1166)

From: Impact of risk factors on functional status in maintenance hemodialysis patients

Variables

Total

N

SD

Age (mean, SD) (years)

60.87

12.05

Treatment of year (mean, SD)

7.87

5.78

The number of HD a week (mean, SD)

2.93

0.27

Each dialysis time (mean, SD) (hours)

3.91

0.24

Dialyzer surface area (m2)

2.16

0.25

Gender (n, %)

 Male

572

49.06

 Female

594

50.94

DM (n, %)

 No

797

68.35

 Yes

369

31.65

Primary disease subclass (n, %)

 Glomerulonephritis

279

23.93

 Systemic diseases

641

54.97

 Obstructive nephropathy

14

1.20

 Hemolytic uremic syndrome

2

0.17

Polycystic kidney disease

16

1.37

 Others

51

4.37

 Unknown cause

162

13.89

Use of vitamin D (n, %)

 No

708

60.72

 Yes

458

39.28

Use of antihypertensive (n, %)

 No

573

49.14

 Yes

593

50.86

Use of iron (n, %)

 No

881

75.56

 Yes

285

24.44

Parathyroidectomy (n, %)

 No

982

84.22

 Yes

184

15.78

Death (n, %)

 No

1023

87.74

 Yes

143

12.26

  1. HD hemodialysis
  2. P value for categorical variables were estimated by χ² test or Fisher's exact test
  3. P value for continuous variables were estimated by independent two samples