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

Table 2

Characteristics of three subgroups in MHD patients.

Variable	All patients	Group A (𝑛=24)	Group B (𝑛=23)	Group C (𝑛=15)
Gender (F/M)	62 (33/29)	24 (13/11)	23 (12/11)	15 (8/7)
Age (y)	61.8±12.9	53.0±11.9	65.6±11.1^a	70.3±8.4^a
Dialysis vintage (m)	57.2±45.4	62.4±51.2	62.2±41.3	41.3±40.7
BMI (kg/m^2)	23.3±3.4	23.1±3.3	23.2±3.3	23.6±4.0
SBP (mmHg)	145.9±18.5	140.1±19.4	148.00±17.1	151.9±17.6
DBP (mmHg)	78.8±10.6	79.9±10.7	78.8±9.8	77.0±12.1
Albumin (g/L)	38.9±3.5	38.8±3.2	39.4±3.5	38.3±3.9
Hemoglobin (g/L)	105.0±16.1	106.3±16.4	103.3±16.3	105.4±16.5
BUN (mmol/L)	22.4±5.7	22.8±6.9	23.3±4.0	20.6±5.9
Scr (µmol/L)	710.7±231.0	794.9±258.5	701.5±171.1	590.1±221.3^a
CCA-IMT (mm)	0.9±0.4	0.7±0.1	0.9±0.1^a	1.4±0.4^ac
CECs (cells/ml)	147.4±95.8	117.0±62.9	135.5±70.6	214.5±138.0^ac

Note: ^a𝑃<0.01: compared with group A; ^c𝑃<0.01: compared with group B.
Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; Scr: serum creatinine; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; CCA-IMT: common carotid artery intima-media thickness; CECs: circulating endothelial cells.