Serum Sulphate Levels in Hemodialysis Patients

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of study participants.

	HD group (n = 90)	Control group (n = 33)	value
Mean age (min-max)	57.8 (22–88)	63.3 (25–82)	0.079
Gender (F/M) (n)	30/60	13/20	0.104
Diabetes mellitus (n)	37 (41%)	13 (39%)	0.077
Hypertension (n)	58 (64%)	19 (57%)	0.061
Ischemic cardiac disease (n)	40 (44%)	6 (18%)	0.052
Median BMI (min-max)	26.5 (22–36)	26 (22–33)	0.288

F: female, M: male, BMI: body mass index, min: minimum, and max: maximum.