Table 2.
Changes clinical data of hemodialysis patients before and after the earthquake
| |
Baseline |
First exam. |
P
|
Second exam. |
P
|
Tthird exam. |
P
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Before earthquake
|
1–2 weeks
|
|
4 weeks
|
|
8 weeks
|
|
| Mean±SD | Mean±SD | Mean±SD | Mean±SD | ||||
|
Biochemical data
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Predialysis BUN (mg/dl) |
60.7±13.8 |
53.5±14.1* |
0.002 |
57.3±15.7 |
0.15 |
61.2±16.2 |
0.10 |
| Post dialysis BUN (mg/dl) |
19.5±5.8 |
17.4±4.3 |
0.23 |
19.8±6.1 |
0.75 |
18.6±5.7 |
0.78 |
| Creatinine (mg/dl) |
10.9±3.0 |
10.9±3.1 |
0.98 |
11.0±3.2 |
0.76 |
10.7±2.9 |
0.69 |
| Sodium (mEq/l) |
139.2±3.6 |
139.4±2.7 |
0.84 |
139.3±3.2 |
0.78 |
138.6±5.6 |
0.34 |
| Potassium (mEq/l) |
4.6±0.6 |
4,5±0.6 |
0.23 |
4.5±0.7 |
0.42 |
4.5±0.6 |
0.20 |
| Chlorine (mEq/l) |
103.3±3.4 |
102.7±5.0 |
0.70 |
103.9±5.0 |
0.29 |
101.5±7.7 |
0.07 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dl) |
11.0±1.0 |
11.1±1.0 |
0.67 |
11.0±0.8 |
0.89 |
11.0±1.1 |
0.94 |
| Hematocrit (%) |
33.2±3.0 |
33.0±4.3 |
0.74 |
34.0±3.0 |
0.11 |
34.4 ± 3.5* |
0.02 |
| FBS (mg/dl) |
158±66 |
155±64 |
0.85 |
151±66 |
0.65 |
170 ± 69 |
0.44 |
| HbA1c (%) |
7.0±1.3 |
- |
- |
6.7±1.4 |
0.61 |
6.8±1.3 |
0.69 |
|
Change of DW (Kg) |
2.2±0.8 |
2.2±1.0 |
0.58 |
2.0±0.8 |
0.18 |
2.0±0.8 |
0.32 |
| CTR (%) | 49.7±6.2 | 49.2±6.1 | 0.63 | 50.5 ± 6.5 | 0.41 | 50.3±6.3 | 0.54 |
BUN, blood urea nitrogen; FBS, fasting blood glucose; HbA1c, hemoglobin-A1c concentration; DW, dry weight; CTR, cardiothoracic ratio; *P<0.05 vs. baseline values.
Baseline means previous data from before the earthquake. First exam., Second exam., and Third exam. are the examinations 1-2 weeks, 4 weeks, and 8 weeks after the earthquake, respectively.