Parameters Skin Manifestations

Frequency (n)

Dialysis

(n = 57, 82.60%) n (%)

Without-Dialysis (n = 69, 85.18%) n (%)

p Value

Pallor

108

49 (86.0)

59 (85.5)

0.942^ns

Xerosis

103

46 (80.7)

57 (82.6)

0.783^ns

Pruritus

98

37 (64.9)

51 (73.9)

0.273^ns

Pigmentation

50

30 (52.6)

20 (29.0)

0.007**

Purpura/Ecchymosis

25

20 (35.1)

5 (7.2)

0.001**

Bacterial infection

15

11 (19.3)

4 (5.8)

0.027*

Fungal infection

24

13 (22.5)

11 (15.9)

0.329ns

Ulcerative stomatitis

16

12 (21.1)

4 (5.8)

0.015*

Half-and-half nails

58

31 (54.4)

27 (39.1)

0.087