Table 2.

C-Alb and Blood urea nitrogen concentrations before and after 12 months of EHD treatment

	EHD	Controls	P value
Baseline values
C-Alb (mmol per mole total albumin)	11.0±4.3	9.8±3.0	0.26
C-Alb (absolute conc. in μmol/L)	5.7±2.2	5.7±1.9	0.94
Pre-HD urea	68.4±15.7	68.1±15.6	0.96
Post-HD urea	19.4±8.8	15.2±5.6	0.095
TAC Urea	43.9±11.5	41.7±10.0	0.52
nPCR	1.03±0.18	1.10±0.21	0.28
12 month values
C-Alb (mmol per mole total albumin)	7.8±2.7	10.0±2.7	0.010
C-Alb (absolute conc. in μmol/L)	4.2±1.8	5.8±1.8	0.005
Pre-HD urea	61.0±16.9	72.6±18.7	0.037
Post-HD urea	9.9±6.3	16.8±6.7	0.001
TAC Urea	35.4±10.4	44.7±11.9	0.009
nPCR	1.07±0.25	1.14±0.25	0.31
12 month changes
C-Alb (mmol per mole total albumin)	−3.2±3.3	0.2±2.1	<0.001
C-Alb (absolute conc. in μmol/L)	−1.5±1.4	0.1±1.2	<0.001
Pre-HD urea	−7.7±18.0	5.8±14.5	0.015
Post-HD urea	−10.4±8.8	1.6±3.4	<0.001
TAC Urea	−9.0±12.3	3.7±8.6	0.001
nPCR	0.04±0.23	0.07±0.20	0.70

Controls=standard duration HD; EHD=in-center HD; nPCR=normalized protein catabolic rate. Table shows mean±standard deviation. BUN units reported in mg/dL.