Table 2.
RESIDUAL KIDNEY FUNCTION | |||
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Author (Year) | Study Population | Treatment Frequency | Findings |
Lin et al. (1999)6 | 74 prevalent HD patients (Taiwan) |
Twice- vs. thrice-weekly |
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Zhang et al. (2014)11 | 85 incident HD patients (Shanghai) |
Twice- vs. thrice-weekly |
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Obi et al. (2016)9 | 8419 incident HD patients (United States) |
Twice- vs. thrice-weekly (matched) |
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MORTALITY | |||
Author (Year) | Study Population | Treatment Frequency | Findings |
Hanson et al. (1999)2 | 15,067 incident and prevalent HD (United States) |
Twice-weekly vs. thrice-weekly |
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Lin et al. (2012)5 | 1288 incident and prevalent HD patients (Shanghai) |
Twice-weekly vs. thrice-weekly |
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Obi et al. (2016)9 | 8419 incident HD patients (United States) |
Twice- vs. thrice-weekly (matched cohort) |
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Mathew et al. (2016)7 | 50,756 incident HD patients (United States) |
Incremental (≤2 times-per-week) vs. conventional (3 times-per-week) vs. frequent (≥4 times-per-week) (matched cohort) |
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Abbreviations: HD, hemodialysis; RKF, residual kidney function.