A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status of Patients on Haemodialysis Maintenance Therapy in a Country of Sub-Saharan Africa

Table 1

Demographic, anthropometric, and biochemical characteristics of adult haemodialysis patents in one Tanzanian centre.

	All (n = 77)	Male (n = 44)	Female (33)
Age (years)	49 (43, 56)	49.0 (43.0, 56.5)	45.5 (32.8, 59.3)
Dialysis vintage (months)	7 (3, 16)	7 (3, 11)	7 (3, 22)
BMI (kg/m^2)	23.1 (20.4, 26.4)	23.9 (21.4, 25.9)	22.1 (19.1, 27.2)
MAMC (cm)	23.4 (21.1, 25.7)	24.5 (22.2, 26.3)^a	22.4 (19.9, 24.9)^b
FMI (kg/m^2)	3.9 (1.8, 7.5)	2.4 (06, 6.1)^a	5.1 (3.1, 11.7)^b
LMI (kg/m^2)	18.4 (16.3, 20.8)	19.1 (18.4, 22.3)	16.3 (15.3, 17.9)
HGS (kg)	21.1 (±9.3)	25.4 (±9.8)^a	16.1 (±5.5)^b
Serum albumin (g/l)	36 (34, 39)	38.5 (34.8, 40.0)^a	34.00 (32.0, 37.0)^b
Serum creatinine (µmol/l)	812 (538, 1099)	968 (677, 1268)^a	593 (393, 993)^b
Urea reduction ratio	67 (56, 77)	59 (54, 73)^a	75 (64, 83)^b
C-RP (mg/l)	6.1 (3.2, 16.9)	6.1 (2.4, 14.7)	6.1 (4.2, 46.0)
Potassium (mmol/l)	5.1 (4.3, 6.3)	5.2 (4.4, 6.3)	5.1 (4.1, 6.5)
Phosphorus (mmol/l)	1.1 (0.9, 1.4)	1.2 (0.9, 1.5)	1.1 (0.8, 1.3)
Adj. calcium (mmol/l)	2.1 (2.0, 2.2)	2.1 (2.0, 2.2)	2.1 (2.0, 2.2)
Serum iron (µmol/l)	9.0 (6.0, 12.5)	10.8 (7.7, 14.0)	7.0 (4.7, 10.1)
Ferritin (µg/l)	151.2 (53.7, 283.6)	207.9 (101.4, 308.4)^a	79.0 (38.0, 227.6)^b
Transferrin saturation percentage (TSAT%)	17.6 (13.9, 21.0)	17.9 (15.7, 20.8)	15.5 (9.8, 25.0)
Haemoglobin (g/l)	87.1 (±16.7)	88.3 (±16.3)	85.5 (±17.2)

BMI = body mass index; C-RP = C-reactive protein; FTI = fat-tissue index; HGS = hand grip strength; LTI = lean-tissue index; MAMC = mid-arm muscle circumference; data are presented as median (25^th, 75^th percentiles) or mean (±Standard deviation); ^(a,b)significant difference between male and female participants,  = 0.05, Mann–Whitney test.