Table 2.
Baseline Characteristics of Participants†
| Intervention Group (N=9) |
Control Group (N=9) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (Years) | 66.8 ± 11.4 | 58.1 ± 19.2 | 0.26 |
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| Female (#/total) | 5/9 | 5/9 | - |
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| Pre-Dialysis Weight (kg) | 87 ± 21 | 85 ± 22 | 0.86 |
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| Post-Dialysis Weight kg) | 85 ± 21 | 83 ± 22 | 0.83 |
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| IDWG (kg) | 1.3 ± 2.0 | 1.4 ± 3.1 | 0.89 |
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| BMI (kg/m2) | 32.2 ± 10.2 | 31.1 ± 8.0 | 0.47 |
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| BMI Categories (#) | |||
| Underweight | 0 | 1 | - |
| Healthy | 2 | 1 | - |
| Overweight | 2 | 1 | - |
| Obese Class I | 2 | 4 | - |
| Obese Class II | 3 | 2 | - |
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| Etiology (#) | |||
| Diabetes | 4 | 5 | - |
| Hypertension | 1 | 1 | - |
| Others | 2 | 1 | - |
| Unspecified | 2 | 2 | - |
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| Time on Dialysis (Years) | 3.1 ± 2.0 | 3.6 ± 3.3 | 0.68 |
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| eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2) | 7.9 ± 2.9 | 8.1 ± 3.7 | 0.89 |
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| Kt/V | 1.56 ± 0.28 | 1.64 ± 0.19 | 0.54 |
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| nPCR (g/kg) | 0.92 ± 0.24 | 1.15 ± 0.29 | 0.09 |
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| Adjusted Calcium (mg/dL) | 9.14 ± 0.53 | 9.43 ± 0.82 | 0.39 |
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| Albumin (g/dL) | 3.8 ± 0.3 | 3.9 ± 0.3 | 0.259 |
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| BUN (mg/dL) | 45 ± 14 | 61 ± 16 | 0.032* |
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| Carbon Dioxide (mEq/L) | 27 ± 2 | 25 ± 1 | 0.044* |
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| Chloride (mEq/L) | 99 ± 2 | 99 ± 2 | 0.55 |
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| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 6.7 ± 1.4 | 7.3 ± 3.1 | 0.59 |
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| Iron Saturation (%) | 30 ± 13 | 27 ± 12 | 0.67 |
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| Phosphate (mg/dL) | 5.0 ± 1.0 | 6.7 ± 1.9 | 0.04* |
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| Potassium (mEq/L) | 4.4 ± 0.4 | 4.6 ± 0.6 | 0.40 |
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| Sodium (mEq/L) | 139 ± 2 | 139 ± 2 | 0.84 |
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| TIBC (mcg/dL) | 217 ± 23 | 237 ± 40 | 0.21 |
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| Total Iron (mcg/dL) | 65 ± 30 | 66 ± 38 | 0.96 |
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| Total Protein (g/dL) | 6.7 ± 0.5 | 6.8 ± 0.6 | 0.69 |
†
Data are represented as mean ± standard deviation (SD).
BMI, body mass index; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; IDWG: intradialytic weight gain; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; nPCR, normalized protein catabolic rate; TIBC, total iron binding capacity.
*
P < 0.05.