Research Article
NT-proBNP, Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, and Nutritional Status in Hemodialysis Patients
Table 1
Characteristics of hemodialysis patients according to NT-proBNP levels.
| | | | All patients
| NT-proBNP (pg/mL) | <6243
| ≥6243
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| | Age (y) | 207 | | | | 0.382 | | Dialysis vintage (y) | 207 | | | | 0.342 | | Dialysis vintage ≥ 3 y (%) | 207 | 73.4 | 69.0 | 86.5 | 0.013 | | Sex (men) | 207 | 54.1 | 51.0 | 63.5 | 0.118 | | Diabetes (%) | 207 | 41.5 | 46.5 | 26.9 | 0.013 | | Previous CAD (%) | 207 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 11.5 | 0.597 | | Hypertension (%) | 207 | 89.9 | 89.7 | 90.4 | 0.884 | | Predialysis SBP (mmHg) | 207 | | | | 0.280 | | Predialysis DBP (mmHg) | 207 | | | | 0.091 | | Postdialysis SBP (mmHg) | 207 | | | | 0.048 | | Postdialysis DBP (mmHg) | 207 | | | | 0.453 | | Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 207 | | | | 0.008 | | Serum sodium (mmol/L) | 207 | | | | 0.184 | | IDWG (Kg) | 207 | | | | 0.014 | | KT/V | 207 | | | | 0.475 | | Nutritional supplementation | 207 | 26.6 | 22.6 | 38.5 | 0.025 | | Nutritional parameters | | | | | | | Body mass index (Kg/m2) | 207 | | | | 0.004 | | Body mass index ≤ 23 Kg/m2 (%) | 207 | 35.7 | 29.0 | 55.8 | <0.001 | | Serum albumin (g/L) | 207 | | | | 0.095 | | Serum albumin ≤ 38 g/L (%) | 207 | 47.3 | 43.2 | 59.6 | 0.041 | | Serum creatinine (µmol/L) | 207 | | | | 0.001 | | Serum creatinine ≤ 818 µmol/L (%) | 207 | 41.1 | 34.2 | 61.5 | 0.001 | | NPCR (g/kg/D) | 207 | | | | 0.010 | | NPCR ≤ 0.8 g/kg/D (%) | 207 | 27.5 | 23.9 | 38.5 | 0.042 | | Malnutrition (≥1 factor) (%) | 207 | 80.2 | 76.1 | 92.3 | 0.011 | | PEW (≥3 factors) (%) | 207 | 16.9 | 11.0 | 34.6 | <0.001 | | hsCRP > 5 (mg/L) | 207 | 48.5 | 40.6 | 71.2 | <0.001 |
| | Echocardiographic parameters | | All patients
| NT-proBNP (pg/mL) | <6243
| ≥6243
| |
| | LVEF (%) | 159 | | | | <0.001 | | LVEF < 60 (%) | 159 | 13.8 | 10.7 | 24.3 | 0.035 | | Left ventricular hypertrophy (%) | 159 | 40.3 | 38.5 | 45.9 | 0.420 |
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Data in this table are presented as column percentages or mean ± SD. Significant values are in bold.
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