Table 1 Demographic and clinal characteristics of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and advanced uremic cardiomyopathy (AUCM) patients

Male gender, n (%)

18 (72.0%)

19 (76.0%)

0.877

Mean age (year) ± SD

50.88 ± 12.97

40.12 ± 12.86

0.005

Hypertension

1 (4.0)

23 (92.0)

0.001

Hyperlipidemia

0 (0.0)

1 (4.0)

0.998

Smoking

0 (0.0)

3 (12.0)

0.092

Mean BSA^c (m²) ± SD

1.89 ± 0.17

1.71 ± 0.17

0.001

Duration of hemodialysis

(years) ± SD

N/A^d

2.63 ± 1.34

N/A

Sessions of hemodialysis

Per week (days)

N/A

3

N/A