Table 1 Patient Characteristics

Age, years

67.0 (60.0 to 73.5)

68.0 (60.0 to 74.0)

65.5 (59.8 to 71.5)

Dialysis vintage, months

138.0 (43.5 to 268.0)

134.0 (40.0 to 267.0)

157.5 (85.8 to 282.5)

Height, cm

160.2 ± 8.8

164.2 ± 6.3

152.1 ± 7.5^c

Dry weight, kg

50.7 ± 9.8

56.5 ± 9.4

43.5 ± 7.4^c

BMI, kg/m²

20.5 ± 2.9

20.9 ± 2.8

19.6 ± 3.0^a

Total protein, g/dL

6.4 ± 0.4

6.4 ± 0.4

6.4 ± 0.4

Serum albumin, g/dL

3.7 ± 0.4

3.6 ± 0.4

3.7 ± 0.4

Total cholesterol, mg/dL

152.1 ± 34.3

145.1 ± 33.9

166.3 ± 31.1^a

LDL choresterol, mg/dL

85.2 ± 21.1

82.5 ± 21.4

90.8 ± 19.6

Blood urea nitrogen, mg/dL

62.6 ± 12.7

64.8 ± 10.9

58.2 ± 15.1^a

Serum creatinine, mg/dL

10.8 ± 2.7

11.2 ± 3.0

9.8 ± 1.7^b

Calcium, mg/dL

9.4 ± 0.9

9.3 ± 0.9

9.7 ± 0.8

Phosphate, mg/dL

5.0 ± 1.3

5.1 ± 1.4

4.8 ± 1.2

Intact PTH, pg/mL

102.5 ± 107.4

90.5 ± 59.2

127.0 ± 166.6

β₂-microglobulin, mg/L

26.7 ± 6.6

26.4 ± 6.6

27.3 ± 6.7

Kt/V_urea

1.6 ± 0.3

1.5 ± 0.2

1.9 ± 0.3^c

nPCR, g/kg/ideal body weight/day

0.97 ± 0.17

0.98 ± 0.15

0.94 ± 0.21

CRP, mg/dL

0.1 (0.0 to 0.3)

0.1 (0.1 to 0.4)

0.0 (0.0 to 0.1)

sRAGE, pg/mL

1550.4 (1005.3 to 2336.5)

1496.3 (950.0 to 2407.9)

1704.4 (1072.6 to 2240.6)

S100A12, ng/mL

32.3 (22.4 to 53.5)

33.4 (24.1 to 56.9)

25.3 (18.6 to 39.3)

TMA, cm²

75.7 (62.7 to 95.2)

88.2 (69.0 to 99.7)

60.9 (54.8 to 72.6)^c

TMA standardized for DW

1.53 (1.41 to 1.75)

1.57 (1.44 to 1.79)

1.45 (1.24 to 1.63)^a

TSFA, cm²

33.3 (23.2 to 47.2)

27.2 (19.6 to 40.8)

46.9 (31.1 to 59.4)^c

TSFA standardized for DW

0.64 (0.47 to 0.87)

0.53 (0.42 to 0.67)

1.05 (0.75 to 1.39)^c