Table 3.

Hematological and chemical parameters at baseline and on day 60 in the respective study period (mean ± SD)

	Day 0	Day 60
	Baseline	HD	HDF
Hemoglobin, g/l	116.1 ± 12.2	116.1 ± 8.4	115.1 ± 6.0
Mean corpuscular volume (×10−15/liter)	97.1 ± 5.5	97.2 ± 5.7	98.0 ± 4.9
Leukocyte count (×109/liter)	8.1 ± 2.5	7.0 ± 1.8a, **	7.1 ± 2.3a, **
Thrombocyte count (×109/liter)	241 ± 76	234 ± 69	236.5 ± 83.1
s-sodium, mmol/l	137.2 ± 3.2	137.3 ± 2.3	137.5 ± 2.4
s-potassium, mmol/l	5.0 ± 0.9	4.9 ± 0.6	5.0 ± 0.8
s-calcium, mmol/l	2.4 ± 0.2	2.4 ± 0.2	2.4 ± 0.4
s-phosphate, mmol/l	2.0 ± 0.5	1.8 ± 0.4	1.7 ± 0.4
s-bicarbonate, mmol/l	23.5 ± 2.0	24.2 ± 1.6	24.1 ± 2.3
s-creatinine, μmol/l	74 ± 8240	688 ± 213a, **	671 ± 192a, **
s-BUN before dialysis, mmol/l	21.9 ± 5.8	18.1 ± 4.5a, **	17.3 ± 3.8a, ***
s-albumin, g/l	34.8 ± 3.2	36.0 ± 2.9	34.3 ± 2.6b, **
s-ferritin, μg/l	302 ± 141	311 ± 126	253 ± 95
s-hsCRP, mg/l	11.2 ± 12.2	9.8 ± 10.2	9.6 ± 11.1
s-β2-microglobulin, mg/l	30.6 ± 11.9	34.6 ± 17.0	23.7 ± 8.1a, b, **, ***

^aCompared to baseline.

^bCompared to HD.

^*p < 0.05.

^**p < 0.01.

^***p < 0.001.