Table 1.
Patient and treatment characteristics of 366 chronic HDF patients
| Mean ± SD or % | ||
|---|---|---|
| Male (%) | 58.2 | |
| Age (years) | 65.8 ± 14.4 | |
| Dry body weight (kg) | 67.8 ± 14.8 | |
| Primary renal disease | Glomerulonephritis | 8.9 |
| Diabetic nephropathy | 14.7 | |
| Cystic kidney disease | 3.6 | |
| Chronic pyelonephritis | 6.6 | |
| Vascular disease/hypertension | 34.3 | |
| Unknown/other | 31.8 | |
| Comorbidities | Diabetes mellitus | 22.7 |
| Coronary artery disease | 4.2 | |
| Congestive heart failure | 13.9 | |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 13.6 | |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 13.9 | |
| Chronic pulmonary disease | 8.3 | |
| Tumor | 5.8 | |
| Time on renal replacement therapy (years) | 6.5 ± 6.1 | |
| Vascular access | Arteriovenous fistula | 63.7 |
| Graft | 21.9 | |
| Central venous catheter | 14.4 | |
| Hemoglobin (g/L) | 11.2 ± 1.3 | |
| Hematocrit (%) | 33.8 ± 3.9 | |
| Serum albumin (g/dL) | 4.04 ± 0.42 | |
| Effective treatment time delivered (min) | 243.4 ± 14.2 | |
| Mean blood flow rate delivered (mL/min) | 401.2 ± 53.7 | |
| Intradialytic weight loss (L/treatment) | 2.43 ± 0.70 | |
| Kt/V | 1.90 ± 0.41 | |
| Substitution volume (L/treatment) | 23.53 ± 3.37 | |
| Convection volume (L/treatment) | 25.95 ± 3.33 | |
| Convection flow rate (mL/min) | 106.6 ± 11.6 | |
| Filtration fraction (%) | 26.9 ± 3.0 | |