Characteristics

Cardiovascular mortality

p-value

No (n = 105)

Yes (n = 13)

Age (years)

62.5 ± 11.4

61.9 ± 12.7

0.8554

Male sex (%)

72.1

57.1

0.2495

Dialysis vintage (months)

126.9 ± 150.6

61.6 ± 41.2

0.1107

Diabetes (%)

40.4

78.6

0.0070

Systolic BP (mmHg)

147.4 ± 16.7

138.2 ± 24.0

0.0692

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

75.7 ± 10.4

69.7 ± 9.3

0.0431

BMI (kg/m2)

21.2 ± 2.8

24.1 ± 8.1

0.0084

Albumin (g/dL)

3.7 ± 0.3

3.6 ± 0.3

0.1954

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

10.4 ± 1.0

10.4 ± 0.8

0.8992

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

146.0 ± 30.9

159.7 ± 30.0

0.1199

HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)

45.8 ± 12.0

39.5 ± 10.9

0.0653

Non-HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)

100.2 ± 31.1

120.2 ± 29.9

0.0249

Triglyceride(mg/dL)

104.4 ± 70.1

170.5 ± 141.7

0.0051

Calcium (mg/dL)

8.8 ± 0.7

8.5 ± 0.5

0.1590

Phosphorus (mg/dL)

5.2 ± 1.1

4.8 ± 0.8

0.1460

Intact-PTH (pg/mL)

223.2 ± 168.1

196.4 ± 115.0

0.5654

LVDD (mm)

46.8 ± 5.6

47.8 ± 5.2

0.5435

LVEF (%)

66.8 ± 9.9

66.4 ± 15.9

0.8760

LAD (mm)

38.2 ± 5.8

40.4 ± 11.5

0.2631

LVMI (g/m2)

108.5 ± 32.1

116.0 ± 36.0

0.4200

E/A

0.8 ± 0.3

0.9 ± 0.4

0.2024

E/e'

14.9 ± 5.3

18.6 ± 10.0

0.0317