Research Article

Interplay between Superoxide Dismutase, Glutathione Peroxidase, and Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Gamma Polymorphisms on the Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease among Han Chinese Patients

Table 3

Characteristics of patients with ESRD and those without CKD.

VariablesNon-CKDESRD patients

Number of subjects780671
Age (years)60.0 ± 19.258.9 ± 14.6<0.001
Male410 (52.6%)327 (48.7%)0.155
DM 83 (10.6%)253 (37.7%)<0.001
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)1.0 ± 0.311.2 ± 2.5<0.001
SOD2 exon 2 genotype0.036
 TT576 (73.85%)455 (67.8%)
 CT190 (24.36%) 199 (29.66%)
 CC14 (1.79%)17 (2.53%)
GPX1 exon 2 genotype1.000
 CC697 (89.36%)600 (89.42%)
 CT 82 (10.51%) 71 (10.58%)
 TT1 (0.13%)0 (0.00%)
PPAR- exon B genotype0.028
 CC733 (93.90%)609 (90.99%)
 CG46 (5.97%)57 (8.30%)
 GG1 (0.13%)5 (0.72%)
PPAR- exon 6 genotype0.382
 CC449 (57.69%)366 (55.08%)
 CT 283 (36.21%) 254 (37.63%)
 TT 48 (6.10%) 51 (7.30%)

Continuous variables were tested by Kruskal-Wallis test, whereas categorical variables were tested by Fisher’s exact test.