Association between Circulating Endothelial Cells and Carotid Atherosclerosis in Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis

Table 1

Characteristics of patients and controls.

Variable	Patients	Controls	P value
Gender (male/female)	62 (29/33)	26 (12/14)	0.958
Age (years)	61.8±12.9	58.3±12.4	0.244
BMI (kg/m^2)	23.3±3.4	24.1±2.9	0.310
SBP (mmHg)	145.9±18.5	127.4±6.8	<0.001
DBP (mmHg)	78.8±10.6	80.2±4.1	0.517
Albumin (g/L)	38.9±3.5	44.2±2.8	<0.001
Hemoglobin (g/L)	105.0±16.1	135.9±17.6	<0.001
Calcium (mmol/L)	2.1±0.2	2.2±0.1	0.003
Phosphate (mmol/L)	1.5±0.5	1.1±0.1	<0.001
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.3±1.1	4.9±0.9	0.016
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.8±1.1	1.6±1.1	0.637
LDL-c (mmol/L)	2.7±0.8	3.4±0.8	0.001
HDL-c (mmol/L)	1.0±0.2	1.4±0.3	<0.001
Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/L)	22.4±5.7	5.2±1.2	<0.001
Serum creatinine (µmol/L)	710.7±231.0	78.8±12.9	<0.001

Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure.