Table 2.

Patients characteristics^a

Patient	Gender	Age (yr)	Dialytic Age	Sevelamer HCl Daily Dosage (mg [no. of pills/d])	Serum PO4	Ca2+	PTH
1	F	65	12	4800 (6)	7.08 ± 0.12	8.75 ± 0.26	658.33 ± 11.25
2	M	63	18	4000 (5)	6.32 ± 0.12	8.58 ± 0.21	223.33 ± 25.03
3	M	58	18	4800 (6)	7.85 ± 0.76	8.17 ± 0.36	287.67 ± 30.87
4	M	62	96	4800 (6)	8.95 ± 0.54	8.03 ± 0.47	703.33 ± 42.27
5	M	55	17	3200 (4)	6.07 ± 0.08	8.27 ± 0.23	251.00 ± 26.50
6	M	62	22	4800 (6)	7.52 ± 0.12	8.88 ± 0.08	358.33 ± 7.53
7	M	30	14	4800 (6)	7.27 ± 0.41	8.87 ± 0.36	375.00 ± 18.71
8	M	78	264	4800 (6)	6.93 ± 0.31	8.60 ± 0.21	828.00 ± 56.36
9	F	56	204	4000 (5)	6.58 ± 0.60	9.13 ± 0.56	143.00 ± 3.46
10	F	58	180	4800 (6)	8.30 ± 0.30	8.90 ± 0.09	735.00 ± 28.81
11	M	62	72	4800 (6)	7.40 ± 0.09	8.82 ± 0.08	665.00 ± 12.25
12	M	71	84	4800 (6)	7.22 ± 0.33	8.75 ± 0.14	678.33 ± 14.72
13	F	69	27	4800 (6)	6.88 ± 0.10	8.90 ± 0.24	133.83 ± 4.92

^aData are means ± SD.