Table 2.

Baseline demographic data for the case controlled comparison of patients on LOH for at least 1 yr after 2004 and age, sex, and diabetes-matched control patients on conventional hours HD

	LOH HD (n = 53)	Conventional HD (n = 53)	P
Mean age (yrs) [sd]	50.3 [15.7]	52.0 [15.5]	0.58
Male (%)	75.5	73.6	0.82
Diabetes (%)	17.0	13.2	0.61
Mean target weight (kg) [sd]	84.4 [20.7]	72.2 [18.5]	0.002
Subsequently received a kidney transplant (%)	28.3	32.1	0.67
Duration RRT
1–2 yr (%)	28.3	24.5	0.66
2–5 yr (%)	26.4	26.4	1.00
>5 yr (%)	45.2	49.1	0.70