Research Article
Increased Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation in Uremia Is Associated with Chronic Inflammation and Prevalent Coronary Artery Disease
Table 1
Biochemical parameters in HV, MHD, and infection groups.
| | Variables | HV () | MHD () | Infection () |
| | WBC count (/μL) | 4813 ± 1006 | 6180 ± 1807 | 18815 ± 3991 | | Neutrophil count (/μL) | 3115 ± 1101 | 4374 ± 1694 | 17750 ± 6540 | | Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 13.8 ± 0.3 | 10.3 ± 0.9 | 8.6 ± 2.1 | | Urea nitrogen (mg/dL) | 16.0 ± 0.9 | 52.6 ± 20.4 | 38.2 ± 13.6 | | Creatinine (mg/dL) | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 8.2 ± 3.4 | 1.6 ± 0.5 | | Albumin (g/dL) | 4.1 ± 0.1 | 3.6 ± 0.5 | 3.1 ± 1.1 | | Uric acid (mg/dL) | 4.6 ± 1.8 | 6.9 ± 1.6 | 7.8 ± 1.5 | | Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 170.1 ± 7.5 | 139.0 ± 28.7 | 110.8 ± 21.1 | | hs-CRP (mg/L)† | −0.21 ± 0.6 | 0.40 ± 1.13 | 16.1 ± 10.6 | | Intact PTH (pg/mL) | — | 181.5 ± 149.2 | — | | β2-microglobulin | — | 22.9 ± 8.4 | — | | spKt/V | — | 1.60 ± 0.28 | — | | nPCR (g/kg/day) | — | 1.20 ± 0.13 | — |
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compared to HV, compared to HV and MHD.
†Log transformed.
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