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["Table 1. Characteristics of the hemodialysis patients and healthy controls"]
[null,"Variable",null,"Pooled data"]
[null,null,"Before age-matching",null,"After age-matching"]
["Patient characteristics"]
[null,"N",244,null,64]
[null,"Age (years)(range)","60.6 ± 12.8 (23-87)",null,"52.0 ± 2.5 (42-55)"]
[null,"Female / Male","104 / 140",null,"29 / 35"]
[null,"Duration of dialysis (months)(range)","74.0 ± 84.6 (1-815)",null,"69.2 ± 74.4 (1-283)"]
[null,"Hematocrit (%)","30.0 ± 3.3",null,"29.4 ± 3.5"]
[null,"Hemoglobin (g/dL)","9.4 ± 1.0",null,"9.3 ± 1.1"]
[null,"Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)","66.0 ± 15.0",null,"70.3 ± 13.9"]
[null,"Serum creatinine (mg/dL)","11.1 ± 3.0",null,"12.3 ± 2.7"]
[null,"Serum total protein (g/dL)","6.6 ± 0.5",null,"6.6 ± 0.6"]
[null,"Corrected serum calcium (mg/dL)","9.4 ± 0.9",null,"9.7 ± 0.8"]
[null,"Serum phosphorus (mg/dL)","5.0 ± 1.4",null,"5.5 ± 1.4"]
[null,"Prevalence of diabetes (%)",12.7,null,14.1]
[null,"Prevalence of HCV (%)",11.5,null,15.6]
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["Characteristics of the healthy controls"]
[null,"N",204,null,56]
[null,"Age (years)(range)","39.4 ± 11.3 (21-71)",null,"53.6 ± 6.8 (42-64)"]
[null,"Female / Male","144 / 60",null,"46 / 10"]
[null,"Note: Values are expressed as mean ± SD or number"]
[null,"Abbreviation: HCV, hepatitis C virus "]

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