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Table 1 Data on non-diabetic mellitus patients afflicted with chronic renal failure

From: Diabetes mellitus suppresses hemodialysis-induced increases in tear fluid secretion

Schirmer value before dialysis (mm)

0-36 (mean: 6.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰7.8)

Schirmer value after dialysis (mm)

1-24 (mean: 7.1ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.5)*

Number of eyes

39 (male: 25, female: 14)

Age (yeas old)

42-86 (mean: 71.5ā€‰Ā±ā€‰10.6)

Ultrafiltration volume (ml/HD)

500-3,700 (mean: 2,231.0ā€‰Ā±ā€‰871.0)

BUN level (mg/dl)

48-92 (mean: 65.9ā€‰Ā±ā€‰12.3)

Serum creatinine level (mg/dl)

7.06-14.32 (mean: 10.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.2)

Duration of hemodialysis treatment (months)

7-169 (mean: 49.2ā€‰Ā±ā€‰43.4)

  1. *Wilcoxon signed-ranks test, pā€‰<ā€‰0.05.