Table 5.

Levels of Valuable Substances

		Conventional	Experimental
Total Amino Acids	plasma pre (mg/dl)	34 ± 4	35 ± 6
	plasma post (mg/dl)	21 ± 4 b	20 ± 5 b
	removed in dialysate (g)	7.7 ± 1.5	9.9 ± 3.1
Free T4	plasma pre (ng/dl)	0.8 ± 0.2	0.7 ± 0.1
	plasma post (ng/dl)	0.8 ± 0.2	0.8 ± 0.2
Vitamin B12	plasma pre (pg/ml)	494 ± 202	500 ± 184
	plasma post (pg/ml)	529 ± 216	544 ± 193 b
Protein	removed in dialysate (mg)	242 ± 83	343 ± 128 a

Values are mean ± sd.

^a, p < 0.05 experimental vs. conventional treatment.

^b, p < 0.05 post vs. pre-dialysis value. Note: Conversion factors for unit: T4 in ng/dl to pM, ×12.9; vitamin B₁₂ in pg/ml to pM, ×0.738.