Table 2.

Serum levels of blood parameters and dialysis adequacy before and after intervention in the participants

Variable (Mean ± SD)	Before Intervention	After Intervention	P-Value*	One year follow up	P-Value **
Sodium (mEq/L)	135.8 ± 3.27	137.5 ± 3.05	< 0.001	137.6 ± 2.95	< 0.001
Potassium (mEq/L)	5.02 ± 0.63	5 ± 0.64	0.703	4.92 ± 0.60	0.319
Calcium (mg/dl)	8.14 ± 0.83	8.38 ± 0.84	< 0.001	8.42 ± 0.80	< 0.001
Phosphor (mg/dl)	5 ± 1.30	4.6 ± 1.22	< 0.001	4.55 ± 1.13	< 0.001
iPTH (pg/dl)	527.33 ± 45.03	440.37 ± 43.34	< 0.001	428.1 ± 44.6	0.049
Albumin (g/dl)	4.09 ± 0.54	3.92 ± 0.61	< 0.001	4.16 ± 0.53	0.196
Creatinine (mg/dl)	9.38 ± 2.58	7.33 ± 2.06	< 0.001	7.23 ± 2.12	< 0.001
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	10.69 ± 1.94	11.19 ± 1.59	< 0.001	11.28 ± 1.55	< 0.001
Hematocrit (%)	33.97 ± 5.61	34.48 ± 4.53	< 0.001	33.19 ± 7.59	0.037
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	138.88 ± 37.18	149.03 ± 66.11	0.002	151.2 ± 67.53	0.046
Triglyceride (mg/dl)	147.71 ± 88.68	147.51 ± 87.44	< 0.001	147.3 ± 88.48	0.461
Pre-dialysis Urea (mg/dl)	134.63 ± 33.66	120.01 ± 0.627	< 0.001
Post-dialysis Urea (mg/dl)	44.69 ± 15.22	36.67 ± 13.49	0.013
Pre-post dialysis Urea (mg/dl)	90.62 ± 19.32	84.02 ± 20.77	< 0.001
KTV of urea*** (mg/dl)	1.377 ± 0.26	1.45 ± 0.03	< 0.001	1.50 ± 0.38	0.021
URR**** (%)	0. 66 ± 0.08	0.68 ± 0.01	0.090	0.68 ± 0.11	0.150

* P-Value for comparison before and after intervention; * P-Value for comparison before intervention and one-year follow up; ***Kt/V urea, K: dialyzer urea clearance, t: total dialysis session time, and V is volume of distribution of urea; ****URR, urine filtration rate