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

Table 3

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

Parameters	Cold threshold			Warm threshold
	Normal ()	Abnormal ()		Normal ()	Abnormal ()
Age (year)			0.011			0.100
Male gender (%)	65.2	48.8	0.148	23.5	54.8	0.242
Duration of dialysis (year)	9.0 (3.4–11.8)	6.5 (2.3–10.8)	0.614	9.9 (2.9–12.6)	6.4 (2.4–10.6)	0.218
Smoking history (%)	47.8	36.4	0.300	31.3	39.0	0.548
Diabetes mellitus (%)	21.7	51.9	0.008	25.0	50.0	0.068
Coronary artery disease (%)	0	10.9	0.130	0	10.3	0.364
baPWV (cm/s)			0.023			0.694
Body mass index (kg/m^2)			0.011			0.797
GNRI			0.008			0.873
Laboratory parameters
Albumin (g/dL)			0.242			0.919
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	125 (87–304)	139 (92–219)	0.309	108.5 (88–229)	139 (91.3–219)	0.928
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)			0.885			0.307
Hemoglobin (g/dL)			0.208			0.435
Total calcium (mg/dL)			0.844			0.371
Phosphorus (mg/dL)			0.625			0.058
product (mg^2/dL^2)			0.753			0.041
Kt/V (Daugirdas)			0.557			0.857

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