Impaired Gut Epithelial Tight Junction Expression in Hemodialysis Patients Complicated with Intradialytic Hypotension

Table 2

Immunostaining scores and basic characteristics among three groups of studied patients.

	Non-CKD ()	Nondialysis CKD ()	HD-hypotension ()
Age	66.2 ± 16.0	74.0 ± 12.9	69.8 ± 14.5
M/F	5/0	5/0	4/1
Serum Cr	1.1 ± 0.2	9.0 ± 5.5	10.2 ± 2.3
TJ protein
Claudin-1	196.0 ± 70.9	212.0 ± 42.7	73.0 ± 60.8
Claudin-4	400.0 ± 0.0	400.0 ± 0.0	372.0 ± 39.0
ZO-1	260.0 ± 90.3	213.0 ± 52.6	82.0 ± 76.3
Occludin	172.0 ± 48.2	99.0 ± 36.8	40.0 ± 42.0

M: male; F: female; CKD: chronic kidney disease stage; HD: hemodialysis; IDH: intradialytic hypotension; Cr: creatinine; TJ: tight junction. Compared to group 1, , ; compared to group 2, , .