Baseline demographic characteristic of hemodialysis (HD) patients.

Abbreviations: ACEI, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin II-receptor blocker; BMI, body mass index; CAD, coronary artery disease; CCB, calcium channel blocker; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; IDWG, inter-dialytic weight gain; IL, interleukin; LV, left ventricular; PICP procollagen type I C-terminal peptide.; SBP, systolic blood pressure. Continuous data are expressed as mean ± SD. ‡Non-normal distributed continuous data. ★p value by Student's t-test for normal distributed continuous data, nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test for non-normal distributed continuous data, and chi-square test or Fisher's exact test for categorical variables.