Predictors of Acquired Perforating Dermatosis in Uremic Patients on Hemodialysis: A Case-Control Study

Table 1

Patients’ main demographic and laboratory data.

	Case	Control	P value
Age (year)	52.47 ± 11.99	52.68 ± 12.11	0.95
Male	10 (52.6%)	20 (52.6%)	1.0
DM	13 (68.4%)	14 (36.8%)	0.047
HD duration (year)	5.18±3.75	8.23±7.17	0.04
Hb (g/dL)	11.25±1.31	10.68±0.62	0.085
Hct (%)	34.45±3.91	32.91±2.16	0.123
Ca (mg/dL)	10.13±0.82	9.75±0.51	0.035
P (mg/dL)	5.13±1.49	5.01±0.89	0.702
iPTH (pg/mL)	136.46±33.63	299.4±32.93	0.001
Alb (g/dL)	3.73±0.43	4.03±0.24	0.01
K (mEq/L)	4.69±0.82	4.78±0.53	0.644
TC (mg/dL)	178.86±44.76	176.37±42.94	0.84
TG (mg/dL)	244.17±167.82	136.52±75.88	0.001
AST (U/L)	22.07±12.19	19.31±10.91	0.437
ALT (U/L)	19.41±13.29	15.79±8.14	0.219
Ferritin (ng/mL)	210.59±216.22	279.12±235.89	0.212
TSAT	0.21±0.09	0.27±0.086	0.026
BMI (Kg/m^2)	22.19±2.27	22.92±4.64	0.664
𝐾𝑡/𝑉	1.68±0.28	1.82 ± 0.31	0.026
URR	0.75±0.06	0.78±0.05	0.077
hsCRP (mg/L)	14.72±3.71	3.30±0.53	0.000
nPCR (g/kg/day)	1.23±0.21	2.23±4.03	0.136
TACurea (mg/dL)	43.44±18.37	41.16±7.44	0.740
Al (ug/dL)	1.41±0.79	1.31±0.46	0.695

Abbreviations: nPCR: normalized protein catabolic rate.
TACurea: time-averaged concentration of blood urea nitrogen.