Table 2.

Patient demographics and dialysis parameters (final analysis including 6 dropouts)

	n = 74	Range
Patient demographics
Age (years)	66.7 ± 11.3	35–87
Male (%)	52.7
Diabetics (%)	32.4
Vintage (years; median [IQR])	4.0[2.0–10.0]	0.3–28.0
Dry weight (kg)	54.7 ± 10.9	37.4–82.5
Interdialytic weight gain (% of DW)	4.3 ± 1.3	1.7–7.3
Serum albumin (g/dL)	3.6 ± 0.4	2.8–4.5
Cardiovascular disease (%)	44.5
Antihypertensive agent (%)	50.0
Pressor agent (%)	24.3
Dialysis parameters
Blood flow (mL/min)	200 [200–200]	160–230
Dialysate flow (mL/min; median [IQR])	500 [500–500]	500–600
Session time (min; median [IQR])	240 [240–240]	180–270
Dialysate Sodium (mEq/L; median [IQR])	140 [140–140]	140–143
Dialysate temperature (°C; median [IQR])	36 [36.0–36.5]	36.0–36.5
Dialysate buffer, bicarbonate-based; citrate/acetate	32/42

Values are given in mean ± SD for normally distributed variables, in median [IQR interquartile range] for non-normally distributed and % for categorical variables

DW dry weight