High Serum Alkaline Phosphatase, Hypercalcaemia, Race, and Mortality in South African Maintenance Haemodialysis Patients
Table 2
Baseline characteristics of study population by race.
Parameters
All ()
Black ()
White ()
value
Age (years)
<0.001
Haemoglobin (g/dL)
0.004
Systolic Bp (mmHg)
0.98
PTH (pg/mL)
307 (148–656)
327 (137–658)
290 (149–618)
0.97
Calcium (mmol/L)
0.94
Phosphate (mmol/L)
0.004
Albumin (g/L)
0.03
25(OH) vitamin D (ng/mL)
0.77
TAP (U/L)
112 (74–163)
110 (75–151)
115 (71–164)
0.33
T. cholesterol (mmol/L)
0.05
Diabetes, (%)
56 (26.3%)
36 (30.0%)
20 (21.5%)
0.02
Male, (%)
137 (64.3%)
72 (60.0%)
65 (69.9%)
0.07
Kt/V
0.40
Continuous variables are presented as means ± standard deviations or median (interquartile range) and categorical data as frequencies (percentages). BP = blood pressure, TAP = total alkaline phosphatase, and PTH = parathyroid hormone.
