Nutrition status and Helicobacter pylori infection in patients receiving hemodialysis

Table 3 Clinical characteristics in hemodialysis patients between patients with and without gastric mucosal atrophy[19]

	Atrophy (-)	Atrophy (+)	P-value
N (Male/Female)	28 (17/11)	50 (33/17)	-
Age	67.7 ± 12.3	71.6 ± 11.0	0.155
Dialysis periods (yr)	7.5 (2.4-16.8)	7.7 (3.1-12.7)	0.681
Acyl-ghrelin	38.0 (23.5-57.0)	18.0 (12.0-26.3)	< 0.001
Desacyl-ghrelin	303 (248-533)	200 (137-277)	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	19.8 ± 3.2	19.6 ± 2.8	0.773
Albumin (g/dL)	3.5 ± 0.3	3.4 ± 0.4	0.273
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	166 ± 37	154 ± 36	0.165
Cholinesterase (U/L)	245 ± 111	219 ± 68.7	0.205
Intact PTH (pg/mL)	351 ± 294	247 ± 192	0.062
Ferritin (ng/mL)	128 ± 118	128 ± 221	0.989
PG I (ng/mL)	416.2 (314.2-783.7)	196.0 (73.8-358.8)	< 0.001
PG II (ng/mL)	42.3 (31.6-60.0)	28.4 (16.8-45.7)	0.003
PG I/II ratio	10.89 (9.11-13.38)	7.31 (4.17-11.08)	0.001
nPCR (g/kg/d)	0.94 ± 0.14	0.85 ± 0.16	0.022

BMI: Body mass index; BUN: Blood urea nitrogen; PTH: Parathyroid hormone; CRP: C-reactive protein; PG: Pepsinogen; ABI: Ankle-brachial pressure index; nPCR: Normalized protein catabolic rate.