Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of study subjects
From: Alteration of human blood cell transcriptome in uremia
Subjects | Uremia | Uremia | Normal |
|---|---|---|---|
Discovery | Validation | Controls | |
Number | 63 | 12 | 20 |
Age (years) | 47 ± 11 | 47 ± 13 | 42 ± 11 |
Male (%) | 42 (67%) | 7 (58%) | 12 (60%) |
Treatment status | |||
Pre-dialysis | 15 (24%) | 2 (17%) | N.A. |
Hemodialysis | 28 (44%) | 7 (58%) | N.A. |
Peritoneal dialysis | 20 (32%) | 3 (25%) | N.A. |
Ethnicity (%) | |||
Caucasian | 47 (75%) | 10 (83%) | 16 (80%) |
Asian | 11 (17%) | 2 (17%) | 3 (15%) |
African-american | 2 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Other | 4 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (5%) |
Primary Disease (%) | |||
Glomerulonephritis | 27 (43%) | 5 (41%) | N.A |
Diabetes | 5 (8%) | 2 (17%) | N.A |
Polycystic Kidney Disease | 11 (17%) | 0 (0%) | N.A |
Other | 20 (31%) | 5 (42%) | N.A |