The Relationship between Carotid Atherosclerosis, Inflammatory Cytokines, and Oxidative Stress in Middle-Aged and Elderly Hemodialysis Patients

Table 1

Basic conditions of the study groups.

	Control	Non-CAS	CAS
Age (years)	57.9 ± 7.8	56.6 ± 9.6	57.2 ± 7.8
Gender (M/F)	7/5	12/8	31/11
Duration of dialysis (months)	/	32 (3–56)	34 (3–61)
SBP (mmHg)	131.08 ± 7.66	137.27 ± 11.23*	151.33 ± 13.57^**▲
DBP (mmHg)	72.66 ± 9.62	83.25 ± 10.48*	81.62 ± 11.35*
Pulse pressure (mmHg)	47.21 ± 8.37	56.96 ± 6.18	67.26 ± 18.22^**▲
BUN (mmol/L)	5.13 ± 0.69	23.36 ± 10.34**	23.31 ± 8.49**
Scr (μmol/L)	62.58 ± 13.29	756.6 ± 131.8**	862.1 ± 157.4**
Hb (g/L)	14.33 ± 1.30	86.4 ± 24.6**	80.3 ± 25.5**
TC (mmol/L)	4.22 ± 0.61	4.26 ± 1.38	4.32 ± 1.22
TG (mmol/L)	1.74 ± 0.29	1.27 ± 0.37	1.32 ± 0.84
HDL-c (mmol/L)	1.37 ± 0.26	1.34 ± 0.23	1.27 ± 0.33
LDL-c (mmol/L)	2.49 ± 0.73	2.52 ± 0.84	2.43 ± 0.61

^∗𝑃<0.05 versus control; **𝑃<0.01 versus control; ^▲𝑃<0.05 versus non-CAS.