Baseline patient demographics, echocardiographic characteristics, and adipose tissue measurements of the 173 subjects included in the study.

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise indicated.Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumflex; DM, diabetes; HTN, hypertension; HOMA, homeostasis model of insulin resistance; TNF-α, tissue necrosis factor-alpha; IL-6, interleukin-6; LDL, low density lipoprotein; HDL, high density lipoprotein; TG, triglyceride; PD, peritoneal dialysis; kt/v, k- dialyzer clearance of urea, t-dialysis time, v-volume of distribution of urea, approximately equal to patient's total body water; LA, left atrial diameter; LV, left ventricular; E, mitral inflow E wave; A, mitral inflow A wave; DT, mitral inflow deceleration time; Em, Peak annular early diastolic velocity of the lateral mitral annulus in tissue Doppler imaging; IVRT, interventricular relaxation time.