Table 1.

Demographic and access data of the study population in December 2006 at time of randomization

	AMP	MPC	P Value
Age	58.6 ± 11.5	57.4 ± 15.7	0.7
Race (black/white)	21/9	24/6	0.6
Gender (male/female)	19/11	16/14	0.6
Diabetes (yes/no)	9/21	17/13	0.07
Hb (g/dl)	11.9 ± 1.3	11.7 ± 1.4	0.8
EPO dose (1000 U/week)	12.8 ± 13.1	14.9 ± 17.9	0.6
Albumin	3.86 ± 0.40	3.91 ± 0.32	0.5
TSAT (%)	31.3 ± 10.6	29.4 ± 11.2	0.5
Ferritin (ng/ml)	791 ± 590	757 ± 412	0.8
Ferritin >800 ng/ml	11/29	14/30	0.6
Access (AV fistula/AV graft/CVC)	20/7/3	12/15/3	0.09

CVC, central venous catheter.