Plasma Protein Carbonylation in Haemodialysed Patients: Focus on Diabetes and Gender

Table 1

Characteristics of haemodialysed patients with ESRD. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.

	Haemodialysed patients; ()	Reference range
Age (years)	69.0 ± 1.5	—
Dialysis vintage (years)	5.8 ± 0.46	—
Sex	45 male, 24 female	—
Diabetes mellitus	47 nondiabetic, 22 diabetic	—
Creatinine (mg/dl)	9.24 ± 0.35	0.6–1.3
Urea (mg/dl)	148.98 ± 4.55	10.00–50.00
C-reactive protein (mg/dl)	0.55 ± 0.08	0.01–1
Albumin (g/dl)	3.5 ± 0.04	3.5–5
White blood cells (cells/mm^3)	7257.97 ± 271.06	4 · 10^3
Haemoglobin (g/dl)	11.03 ± 0.12	13–18
Sodium (mmol/l)	137.80 ± 0.38	135–145
Potassium (mmol/l)	5.26 ± 0.09	3.5–5.1
Calcium (mmol/l)	2.22 ± 0.02	2.1-2.6
Phosphorus (mmol/l)	1.63 ± 0.05	0.8–1.5
Ferritin (ng/ml)	201.26 ± 16.85	20–250