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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study populations

From: High incidence of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitansinfection in patients with cerebral infarction and diabetic renal failure: a cross-sectional study

 

DM (n=8)

Non-DM (n=13)

P value*

Characteristics

   

Age (y)

63.0 (57.2, 68.5)

64.0 (45.5, 74.5)

0.913

Height (cm)

166.8 (160.0, 171.3)

167.0 (156.6, 169.4)

0.772

Dry weight (kg)

68.4 (58.4, 81.1)

57.0 (53.8, 65.0)

0.051

Female sex

2(25.0)

3 (23.1)

0.920

Smoking

1(12.5)

2 (15.4)

0.854

Drugs

   

Antihypertensives

7(87.5)

13 (100)

0.192

Antiplatelets

5(62.5)

5 (38.5)

0.284

Anticoagulants

1(12.5)

3 (23.1)

0.549

Statins

3(37.5)

3 (23.1)

0.477

Biochemical data

   

TP (g/dL)

6.9 (6.7, 7.3)

6.5 (6.1, 6.9)

0.064

Alb (g/dL)

4.2 (3.8, 4.3)

4.0 (3.7,4.4)

0.689

AST (IU/L)

9.5 (9.0, 20.0)

11.0 (6.5, 14.0)

0.445

ALT (IU/L)

12.0 (9.3, 17.5)

9.0 (8.0, 12.5)

0.094

LDH (IU/L)

193.5 (182.8, 213.5)

171.0 (148.5, 194.5)

0.076

ALP (IU/L)

318.0 (193.8, 348.8)

168.0 (157.5, 241.5)

0.039

BUN (mg/dL)

61.0 (56.3, 72.3)

60.0 (50.5, 68.5)

0.405

Cr (mg/dL)

11.8 (9.7, 13.4)

12.2 (10.2, 13.8)

0.799

UA (mg/dL)

7.6 (5.4, 8.9)

7.6 (6.5, 8.0)

0.744

β2-MG (mg/L)

21.7 (18.2, 22.9)

21.0 (20.0, 24.5)

0.799

NT-proBNP (pg/mL)

3323 (1473, 6494)

2657 (826, 12645)

0.638

Ca (mg/dL)

8.8 (8.5, 9.6)

9.1 (8.9, 9.5)

0.611

P (mg/dL)

5.9 (5.0, 6.9)

5.4 (4.9, 6.2)

0.537

iPTH (pg/mL)

152.5 (70.8, 259.8)

174.0 (82.0, 223.0)

0.914

Fe (μg/dL)

64.5 (55.5, 82.8)

73.0 (50.0, 94.0)

0.612

Ferritin (μg/L)

74.5 (30.3, 241.8)

245.0 (131.0, 393.5)

0.120

hs-CRP (mg/dL)

0.10 (0.06, 0.31)

0.06 (0.03, 0.13)

0.403

TG (mg/dL)

129.0 (91.3, 190.0)

100.0 (77.0, 141.0)

0.277

TC (mg/dL)

152.0 (123.3, 184.0)

163.0 (145.5, 201.0)

0.246

LDL-C (mg/dL)

79.5 (54.5, 94.0)

93.0 (72.5, 123.5)

0.246

HDL-C (mg/dL)

39.0 (27.5, 54.5)

42.0 (39.0, 51.5)

0.663

BS (mg/dL)

148.0 (98.3, 195.5)

107.0 (96.5, 116.5)

0.180

HbA1c (%)

7.0 (6.6, 7.9)

5.2 (4.8, 5.3)

0.0002

Hematologic data

   

WBC (103/μL)

5.55 (4.90, 6.25)

5.10 (4.15, 5.85)

0.310

Hb (g/dL)

11.8 (11.0, 12.6)

11.0 (10.5, 12.1)

0.232

Ht (%)

37.0 (34.0, 38.9)

34.1 (33.2, 36.2)

0.168

PLt (104/μL)

19.1 (17.4, 23.6)

15.0 (10.6, 17.9)

0.020

Dialysis parameters

   

HD duaration (y)

5.2 (2.4, 6.3)

4.1 (1.1, 13.7)

0.971

Kt/Vurea

1.32 (1.25, 1.42)

1.31 (1.21, 1.45)

0.968

  1. Data are presented in number (%) or median (interquartile range).
  2. *p-values were calculated by Mann-Whitney test for continuous variables or Fishers exact test for categorical variables.
  3. Abbreviations: DM diabetes mellitus, TP total protein, Alb albumin, AST aspartate aminotransferase, LDH lactase dehydrogenase, ALP alkaline phosphatase, BUN blood urea nitrogen, Cr reatinine, UA urinary acid, β2-MG beta2-microglobulin, NT-proBNP N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, Ca calcium, P phosphorus, iPTH intact parathyroid hormone, Fe ferrum, hsCRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, TG triglyceride, TC total cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, BS blood sugar, HbA1c hemoglogin A1c, WBC white blodd cell, Hb hemoglobin, Ht hematocrit, PLt platelet, HD hemodialysis, Kt/Vurea Kt/V for urea.
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