Research Article
Associations of Small Fiber Neuropathy with Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index and Arterial Stiffness in Hemodialysis
Table 1
Comparison of cold and warm threshold and baPWV between diabetic and nondiabetic patients.
| | Variables | Diabetic () | Nondiabetic () | |
| | Age (year) | | | 0.018 | | Male gender (%) | 55.6 | 47.5 | 0.321 | | Duration of dialysis (year) | 3.5 (1.2–7.6) | 9.1 (4.9–13.1) | <0.001 | | baPWV (cm/s) | | | <0.001 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | | | 0.074 | | GNRI | | | 0.289 | | Cold threshold of the left hand (°C) | | | 0.043 | | Warm threshold of the left hand (°C) | | | <0.001 | | Cold threshold of the right hand (°C) | | | 0.001 | | Warm threshold of the right hand (°C) | | | <0.001 | | Cold threshold of the left foot (°C) | | | <0.001 | | Warm threshold of the left foot (°C) | | | <0.001 | | Cold threshold of the right foot (°C) | | | <0.001 | | Warm threshold of the right foot (°C) | | | <0.001 | | Abnormal cold threshold of the hands (%) | 81.9 | 65.0 | 0.019 | | Abnormal warm threshold of the hands (%) | 95.8 | 82.5 | 0.009 | | Abnormal cold threshold of the feet (%) | 93.1 | 77.5 | 0.008 | | Abnormal warm threshold of the feet (%) | 94.4 | 85.0 | 0.058 |
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Abbreviations: baPWV: brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity; GNRI: geriatric nutritional risk index.
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