Table 3. Examined parameters of the 194 patients on hemodialysis, according to type of hemodialysis.

IM: intima media, IM0: baseline value for IM thickness, IM1: IM at the end of the first year of study, IM2: IM thickness in the middle of the study, IM3: final IM thickness, Kt/V: adequacy hemodialysis, Na: sodium, K: potassium, Ca: calcium, P: inorganic phosphorus, HDL: high density cholesterol, LDL: low density cholesterol, PTH: parathormone, BMI: body mass index, Ca x P: product of Ca and P, *statistically significant difference.