Role of Cilostazol Therapy in Hemodialysis Patients with Asymptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients ().

Variables		%	Mean ± SD	Median (IQR)
Baseline profiles
Age (years)			62.88 ± 11.75	62 (55, 72)
Sex (male)	108	49.32
HD vintage (years)			4.2 ± 4.5	2.84 (0.74, 5.98)
BMI (Kg/m^2)			23.14 ± 3.67	22.68 (20.7, 25)
SBP (mmHg)			137.7 ± 23.03	138 (120, 155)
DBP (mmHg)			76.53 ± 12.15	77 (68, 86)
Past history
DM	103	47.03
HTN	152	69.41
CAD	89	40.64
CeVD	31	14.16
CHF	22	10.05
Biochemical measurements
Alb (g/dL)			4.08 ± 0.32	4.1 (3.9, 4.3)
Ca			9.54 ± 0.63	9.6 (9.1, 10)
Chol (mg/dL)			171.16 ± 39.31	167 (142, 195.5)
CO2 (mEq/L)			25.84 ± 2.74	25.95 (23.95, 27.85)
FBS (mg/dL)			112.42 ± 44.58	94 (84, 129)
Ferritin (μg/dL)			558.18 ± 281.25	514 (381, 678)
Hb (g/dL)			11.26 ± 1.62	11.1 (10.2, 12)
hsCRP (mg/L)			4.72 ± 4.37	3.5 (1.7, 6.3)
HDL-C (mg/dL)			46.08 ± 15.48	43.5 (35, 56.5)
LDL-C (mg/dL)			93.9 ± 32.78	89.6 (72.8, 118)
TG (mg/dL)			157.83 ± 113.4	130 (86, 193)

Note: ABI: ankle brachial pressure index. Alb: albumin. BMI: body mass index. Ca: serum calcium. CAD: coronary artery disease. CeVD: cerebrovascular disease. CHF: congestive heart failure. Chol: total cholesterol. CO₂: blood carbon dioxide. DBP: diastolic blood pressure. DM: diabetes mellitus. FBS: fasting blood sugar. Hb: hemoglobin. Hct: hematocrit. HD: hemodialysis. HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol. hsCRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. HTN: hypertension. IQR: interquartile range. LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. P: serum phosphorus. PLT: platelet count. SBP: systolic blood pressure. SD: standard deviation. TG: triglyceride.
†: The superscripts (1), (2), (3) and (5) in this column indicate the numbers of missing values of the variables.