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. 2012 May 4;28(8):2156–2160. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfs115

Table 2.

Modeled versus estimated spKt/V

3/wk_conv (nd = 541) 6/wk_day (nd = 687) 6/wk noc (nd = 120) 4/wk noc (nd = 18)
Time (min) 221 ± 33 147 ± 21 419 ± 37 430 ± 56
Kd (mL/min) 264 ± 29 274 ± 27 167 ± 20 185 ± 33
Modeled two-pool V (L) 37.3 ± 9.6 36.3 ± 9.5 41.0 ± 14 38.9 ± 15
Modeled spKt/V 1.59 ± 0.29 1.20 ± 0.22 1.87 ± 0.64 2.24 ± 0.80
Estimated spKt/V GFAC = 0.008 1.59 ± 0.29 1.14 ± 0.22 1.60 ± 0.50 2.01 ± 0.66
Estimated spKt/V GFAC adjusted for both F and PIDIa 1.58 ± 0.29 1.19 ± 0.26 1.87 ± 0.73 2.25 ± 0.82
Estimated spKt/V GFAC = 0.0174/PIDI) 1.59 ± 0.30 1.19 ± 0.22 1.85 ± 0.72 2.33 ± 0.92

aAdjustment for F (number of treatments per week) and PIDI (days): GFAC = 0.008 (3/2); 0.006 (3/3); 0.0095 (6/2); 0.0175 (6/1); 0.009 (4/2); 0.0155 (4/1). Of the 6/week dialyses, 535 had PIDI = 1 and 272 PIDI = 2; of the 3/week dialyses, 387 had PIDI = 2 and 154 PIDI = 3; of the 4/week dialyses, 8 had PIDI = 1 and 10 had PIDI = 2; nd, no. of dialyses; conv, conventional; noc, nocturnal.