Study and Control Groups
Thirty HD patients and 30 patients with CKD (stage 3-5) patients, and 30
age and sex- matched healthy control group were included in the study.
The mean duration of dialysis in the HD group was 70.1 ± 45.0 months.
Patients with acute and chronic infection, chronic inflammatory disease,
hematologic disease, and malignancy were excluded from the study.
Demographic informations such as age, gender, duration of dialysis, etc.
were collected from the hospital database system. Body mass indices
(BMI) of the patient and control groups were calculated using
kg/m2 formula. Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Ethics
Committee confirmed the study protocol (protocol number: 23017/128).
Informed written consent was obtained from all patients.