Table 1.

Demography, peritoneal solute transport characteristics and derived time constants for water

Subject	Age	Body surface area	Months on peritoneal dialysis	Solute transport (D/Pcreatinine at 4 hours)	HDO time constant minutes	MTAC for HDO mL/min	Total body water kg	Body water (as % body weight)
1. (Male) BW	35	2.09	24	0.72	43	36.6	49.18	57.9
2. (Male) AW	53	2.08	13	0.61	47	40.2	51.14	56.7
3. (Male) JK	53	1.59	31	0.71	46	45.2	33.9	63.3
4. (Male) PJ	63	1.77	19	0.73	53	38.7	40.9	52.8
5. (Male) AB	61	1.71	35	0.81	33	33.1	35.8	61.8

Abbreviations are: HDO, deuterated water; MTAC, mass transfer area coefficient.