Association between Serum Neopterin and Inflammatory Activation in Chronic Kidney Disease

Table 1

Characteristic of CKD study subjects.

	CKD nondialysis	CKD-Dialysis	HC
Number of cases	60	58	41
Age (yrs)	51.5±1.5	52.0±1.7	46.8±2.2
Gender M/F	40/20	44/14	31/10
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	22.8±0.5		22.7±0.3
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	142.1±2.3	137.9±2.4	110.3±2.0
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	85.2±1.2	85.0±1.2	80.6±1.4
Diabetes	18 (30%)	22 (38%)	—
Hypertension	50 (83%)	48 (83%)	—
Current smokers	16 (27%)	15 (26%)	5 (12%)
Hemoglobin (mg/dL)	10.31±0.3	9.7±0.3	13.6±0.6
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m^2)	17.0±1.3	8.7±1.0	106.8±4.2
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	165.9±8.1	156.6±6.4
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	95.1±8.9	88.1±4.8
Calcium (mg/dL)	7.9±0.2	8.2±0.2
Inorganic phosphate (mg/dL)	6.1±0.2	6.4±0.3