Study on the occurrence and influencing factors of gastrointestinal symptoms in hemodialysis patients with uremia

Table 1 Comparison of general data between two groups of patients

Variables	Having gastrointestinal symptoms group, n = 78	No gastrointestinal symptoms group, n = 20	t/χ2	P value
Sex			2.602	0.199
Male	36	12
Female	42	8
Age in year	59.84 ± 9.56	45.76 ± 6.52	5.654	< 0.001
BMI in kg/m2	18.84 ± 2.23	22.16 ± 3.68	6.943	< 0.001
Using glucocorticoids
Yes	27	4	4.695	0.013
No	43	16
Combined diabetes			4.579	0.017
Yes	46	9
No	24	11
Dialysis time in month	28.68 ± 8.93	21.67 ± 6.64	2.453	0.036
Dialysis treatment method			1.624	0.203
Alone	53	12
Union	17	8
Type of renal injury			1.203	0.138
Secondary renal injury	33	9
Primary disease	37	11
Number of tablets taken as tablets/day	6.36 ± 2.02	4.03 ± 1.85	7.984	< 0.001

BMI: Body mass index.