Associations of Small Fiber Neuropathy with Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index and Arterial Stiffness in Hemodialysis

Table 2

Comparison of baseline characteristics between patients with normal or abnormal QST threshold of the hands.

Parameters	Cold threshold			Warm threshold
	Normal ()	Abnormal ()		Normal ()	Abnormal ()
Age (year)			<0.001			0.004
Male gender (%)	48.8	52.3	0.704	23.5	54.8	0.015
Duration of dialysis (year)	8.8 (4.7–13.3)	6.1 (2.0–10.3)	0.023	10.7 (5.1–13.3)	6.3 (2.3–10.4)	0.066
Smoking history (%)	34.1	39.6	0.536	17.6	40.7	0.109
Diabetes mellitus (%)	31.7	53.2	0.019	17.6	51.1	0.009
Coronary artery disease (%)	2.4	11.7	0.114	0	10.4	0.369
baPWV (cm/s)			0.027			0.041
Body mass index (kg/m^2)			0.495			0.603
GNRI			0.217			0.480
Laboratory parameters
Albumin (g/dL)			0.155			0.552
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	125 (94–273)	139 (91–217)	0.340	149 (90–249)	131 (91–219)	0.707
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)			0.439			0.284
Hemoglobin (g/dL)			0.828			0.685
Total calcium (mg/dL)			0.362			0.241
Phosphorus (mg/dL)			0.846			0.490
product (mg^2/dL^2)			0.624			0.755
Kt/V (Daugirdas)			0.695			0.070

Abbreviations: baPWV: brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity; GNRI: geriatric nutritional risk index; product: calcium-phosphorus product.