TABLE 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Month 12 | Month 24 | ||
| Patients N = 39 | Patients N = 29 | P | |
| Sex (male) | 31 | 23 | |
| Age, years | 66 ± 15.2 | 66.9 ± 14.7 | 0.85 |
| BMI, weight (kg)/height (m) | 24.5 ± 5.3 | 25.0 ± 5.82 | 0.87 |
| Hb, g/dl | 11.2 ± 1.3 | 11.4 ± 1.22 | 0.96 |
| Albumin, g/l | 39.7 ± 3.04 | 37.4 ± 4.08 | 0.49 |
| Urea#, mg/dl | 118.6 ± 31.8 | 132.6 ± 36.1 | 0.68 |
| Creatinine, mg/dl | 9.1 ± 2.5 | 8.9 ± 2.4 | 0.41 |
| CRP, mg/dl | 0.4 (0.2; 1.3) | 0.37 (0.19; 0.9) | 0.97 |
| Dialysis vintage, months | 40.5 (25; 70.2) | 50 (37; 77) | 0.21 |
| nPCR, g/kg/d | 0.92 ± 0.2 | 0.94 ± 0.17 | 0.97 |
| Kt/V | 1.29 ± 0.24 | 1.34 ± 0.26 | 0.39 |
| Physical inactivity (yes) | 20 (51%) | 19 (63%) | 0.27 |
#Urea levels are 2.14 times the corresponding BUN levels. BMI, body mass index; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CRP, C-reactive protein; Hb, hemoglobin; nPCR, normalized protein catabolic rate.